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Decoration only given to subordinates? (5)

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order

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(Other definitions for order that I've seen before include "peace" , "Command or written direction" , "Class - instruction - book" , "It could be the usual" , "Society of monks/nuns" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News and The Globe and Mail.
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