ordinary
Pronunciation: /ˈɔːdɪnəɹi/
The English word “ordinary” has 18 meanings listed here.
noun
- A person having immediate jurisdiction in a given case of ecclesiastical law, such as the bishop within a diocese.
- A courier; someone delivering mail or post.
- A judge with the authority to deal with cases himself or herself rather than by delegation.
- The chaplain of Newgate prison, who prepared condemned prisoners for death.
- Customary fare, one's regular daily allowance of food; (hence) a regular portion or allowance.
- A meal provided for a set price at an eating establishment.
- A place where such meals are served; a public tavern, inn.
- One of the standard geometric designs placed across the center of a coat of arms, such as a pale or fess.
- An ordinary person or thing; something commonplace.
- The usual course of things; normal condition or health; a standard way of behaviour or action.
- A penny farthing bicycle.
- A part of the Christian liturgy that is reasonably constant without regard to the date on which the service is performed.
- A devotional manual; a book setting our rules for proper conduct.
- A rule, or book of rules, prescribing the order of a liturgy, especially of Mass.
adjective
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman ordenarie, ordenaire et al., Middle French ordinaire, and their source, Medieval Latin ordinarius, noun use of Latin ōrdinārius (“regular, orderly”), from ōrdō (“order”).
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