Sentence:  During my first day in the woods, Raoul, the big alpha male of Rambo II, opened wide to show me his dagger-sharp canines, then sauntered by and swatted my calf with a stick—letting me know my place in the <WSD>social order</WSD>. (Low.) 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A particular system of social structures, institutions, customs, values(,) and practices which conserve, maintain(,) and enforce certain societal relations and behavioral patterns.