ecclesiastical judge, priest
regular, common
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Ordinary Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Ordinary Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
The mass; the common run.
The mass; the common run.
(n.)
That which is so common, or continued, as to be considered a settled establishment or institution.
That which is so common, or continued, as to be considered a settled establishment or institution.
(n.)
One who has immediate jurisdiction in matters ecclesiastical; an ecclesiastical judge; also, a deputy of the bishop, or a clergyman appointed to perform divine service for condemned criminals and assist in preparing them for death.
One who has immediate jurisdiction in matters ecclesiastical; an ecclesiastical judge; also, a deputy of the bishop, or a clergyman appointed to perform divine service for condemned criminals and assist in preparing them for death.
(n.)
Anything which is in ordinary or common use.
Anything which is in ordinary or common use.
(n.)
An officer who has original jurisdiction in his own right, and not by deputation.
An officer who has original jurisdiction in his own right, and not by deputation.
(n.)
A judicial officer, having generally the powers of a judge of probate or a surrogate.
A judicial officer, having generally the powers of a judge of probate or a surrogate.
(n.)
A dining room or eating house where a meal is prepared for all comers, at a fixed price for the meal, in distinction from one where each dish is separately charged; a table d'hote; hence, also, the meal furnished at such a dining room.
A dining room or eating house where a meal is prepared for all comers, at a fixed price for the meal, in distinction from one where each dish is separately charged; a table d'hote; hence, also, the meal furnished at such a dining room.
(n.)
A charge or bearing of simple form, one of nine or ten which are in constant use. The bend, chevron, chief, cross, fesse, pale, and saltire are uniformly admitted as ordinaries. Some authorities include bar, bend sinister, pile, and others. See Subordinary.
A charge or bearing of simple form, one of nine or ten which are in constant use. The bend, chevron, chief, cross, fesse, pale, and saltire are uniformly admitted as ordinaries. Some authorities include bar, bend sinister, pile, and others. See Subordinary.
(a.)
Of common rank, quality, or ability; not distinguished by superior excellence or beauty; hence, not distinguished in any way; commonplace; inferior; of little merit; as, men of ordinary judgment; an ordinary book.
Of common rank, quality, or ability; not distinguished by superior excellence or beauty; hence, not distinguished in any way; commonplace; inferior; of little merit; as, men of ordinary judgment; an ordinary book.
(a.)
Common; customary; usual.
Common; customary; usual.
(a.)
According to established order; methodical; settled; regular.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutAccording to established order; methodical; settled; regular.
ordinary
\or"di*na*ry\, n.; pl. ordinaries (-r&ibreve;z).
1. (law) (a) (roman law) an officer who has original jurisdiction in his own right, and not by deputation. (b) (eng. law) one who has immediate jurisdiction in matters ecclesiastical; an ecclesiastical judge; also, a deputy of the bishop, or a clergyman appointed to perform divine service for condemned criminals and assist in preparing them for death. (c) (am. law) a judicial officer, having generally the powers of a judge of probate or a surrogate.
2. the mass; the common run. [obs.] i see no more in you than in the ordinary of nature's salework.
3. that which is so common, or continued, as to be considered a settled establishment or institution. [r.] spain had no other wars save those which were grown into an ordinary.
4. anything which is in ordinary or common use. water buckets, wagons, cart wheels, plow socks, and other ordinaries. w. scott.
5. a dining room or eating house where a meal is prepared for all comers, at a fixed price for the meal, in distinction from one where each dish is separately charged; a table d'hôte; hence, also, the meal furnished at such a dining room. all the odd words they have picked up in a coffeehouse, or a gaming ordinary, are produced as flowers of style. he exacted a tribute for licenses to hawkers and peddlers and to ordinaries.
6. (her.) a charge or bearing of simple form, one of nine or ten which are in constant use. the bend, chevron, chief, cross, fesse, pale, and saltire are uniformly admitted as ordinaries. some authorities include bar, bend sinister, pile, and others. see subordinary.
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Noun
1. a judge of a probate court
(hypernym) judge, justice, jurist, magistrate
(classification) law, jurisprudence
2. the expected or commonplace condition or situation; "not out of the ordinary"
(hypernym) condition
3. a clergyman appointed to prepare condemned prisoners for death
(hypernym) clergyman, reverend, man of the cloth
4. an early bicycle with a very large front wheel and small back wheel
(synonym) ordinary bicycle
(hypernym) bicycle, bike, wheel, cycle
5. (heraldry) any of several conventional figures used on shields
(hypernym) charge, bearing, heraldic bearing, armorial bearing
(hyponym) bend, bend dexter
(classification) heraldry
Adjective
1. not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree; "ordinary everyday objects"; "ordinary decency"; "an ordinary day"; "an ordinary wine"
(antonym) extraordinary
(similar) average, fair, mediocre, middling
(see-also) common
(attribute) ordinariness
2. lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered; "average people"; "the ordinary (or common) man in the street"
(synonym) average
(similar) common
Ordinary Definition from Social Science Dictionaries & Glossaries
Ordinary Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
In those hierarchically organised churches of Western Christianity which have an ecclesiastical law system, an ordinary is an officer of the church who by reason of office has ordinary power to execute the church's laws. The term comes from the Latin word ordinarius.
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