or·di·nar·y
(ôŕdn-ĕŕē)
[Middle English ordinarie, from Old French, from Latin ōrdinārius, from ōrdō, ōrdin-, order.]
adjective
- Commonly encountered; usual. See synonyms at common
- Of no exceptional ability, degree, or quality; average.
- Of inferior quality; second-rate.
- Having immediate rather than delegated jurisdiction, as a judge.
- Mathematics Designating a differential equation containing no more than one independent variable.
noun: pl., -ies.
- The usual or normal condition or course of events: Nothing out of the ordinary occurred.
- Law
- A judge or other official with immediate rather than delegated jurisdiction.
- The judge of a probate court in some states of the United States.
- Ecclesiastical
- The part of the Mass that remains unchanged from day to day.
- A division of the Roman Breviary containing the unchangeable parts of the office other than the Psalms.
- A cleric, such as the residential bishop of a diocese, with ordinary jurisdiction over a specified territory.
- Heraldry One of the simplest and commonest charges, such as the bend and the cross.
- Chiefly British
- A complete meal provided at a fixed price.
- A tavern or an inn providing such a meal.
derivatives
- oŕdi·naŕi·ness
- noun
