n (logic) the classification of propositions on the basis on whether they claim possibility, impossibility, contingency or necessity; mode
n (semiotics) a particular way in which the information is to be encoded for presentation to humans, i.e. to the type of sign and to the status of reality ascribed to or claimed by a sign, text or genre
n (theology) the organization and structure of the church, as distinct from sodality or parachurch organizations