Order of Merit

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
OM
Pronunciation
/ˈɔrdər əv ˈmɛrət/
Category
Governmental
Related Field
Military

Examples in Context

  1. He refused the Order of Merit(OM), which the President of the Republic awarded him.
  2. He received an order of merit for executing rebels.
  3. I am above the average in the order of merit.
  4. Hence it is Homer's privilege to be, of all the sublime, that is, the heroic poets, the first in the order of merit as well as in that of age.
  5. That bell that you carry is not, believe me, any order of merit, but, on the contrary, a mark of disgrace, a public notice to all men to avoid you as an ill-mannered dog.

Other meanings of OM