The Order of the Phoenix

[jsteinb103 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 26820

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Joy M" <joym999 at a...> wrote:
> We have had some discussion about the meaning of the title "Order 
of 
> the Phoenix." As a service to the community, I thought I would 
> speculate, with the help of the American Heritage dictionary, on 
all 
> the possibilities.  The dictionary definitions are contained within 
> the [square brackets], the sentences which follow are my examples 
of 
> the possible meaning of the new title.
> 

<snip possibilities 1-11> 

> [12. Any of the nine grades or choirs of angels.]
> 
> ...Yikes...I can't do anything with this one...

<snip possibilities 13-21> 
> --Joywitch, who should probably have her dictionary confiscated

In the interests of completenes...

[12. Any of the nine grades or choirs of angels]
"Ah," said Dumbledore, wiping away a tear as the Hogwarts choir 
finished their performance, "the Order of the Phoenix couldn't have 
sung any more beautifully."

Julia, who will now go back to lurking