status, position - the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society; "he had the status of a minor"; "the novel attained the status of a classic"; "atheists do not enjoy a favorable position in American life"

bacteria order - an order of bacteria

word order - the order of words in a text

arrangement - an orderly grouping (of things or persons) considered as a unit; the result of arranging; "a flower arrangement"

genetic code - the ordering of nucleotides in DNA molecules that carries the genetic information in living cells

genome - the ordering of genes in a haploid set of chromosomes of a particular organism; the full DNA sequence of an organism; "the human genome contains approximately three billion chemical base pairs"

series - similar things placed in order or happening one after another; "they were investigating a series of bank robberies"

appointment, designation, naming, assignment - the act of putting a person into a non-elective position; "the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee"

laying on of hands - laying hands on a person's head to invoke spiritual blessing in Christian ordination

holy orders - the sacrament of ordination