Order of Merit

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Order of Merit

British order of chivalry founded in 1902 by Edward VII and limited in number to 24 at any one time within the British Isles, plus additional honorary OMs for overseas peoples. It ranks below a knighthood. There are two types of OM, military and civil.

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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.

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It is a turret chamber of the third order of merit, plainly but comfortably furnished and having an old-fashioned business air.

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