What does ordinary mean?
Definitions for ordinary
ˈɔr dnˌɛr ior·di·na·ry
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Princeton's WordNet
ordinarynoun
a judge of a probate court
ordinarynoun
the expected or commonplace condition or situation
"not out of the ordinary"
ordinarynoun
a clergyman appointed to prepare condemned prisoners for death
ordinary, ordinary bicyclenoun
an early bicycle with a very large front wheel and small back wheel
ordinaryadjective
(heraldry) any of several conventional figures used on shields
ordinaryadjective
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"
average, ordinaryadjective
lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered
"average people"; "the ordinary (or common) man in the street"
Wiktionary
ordinarynoun
A devotional manual.
Etymology: From ordenaire, ordenarie etc., from ordinarius, from ordo.
ordinarynoun
A rule, or book of rules, prescribing the order of service, especially of Mass.
Etymology: From ordenaire, ordenarie etc., from ordinarius, from ordo.
ordinarynoun
A person having immediate jurisdiction in a given case of ecclesiastical law, such as the bishop within a diocese.
Etymology: From ordenaire, ordenarie etc., from ordinarius, from ordo.
ordinarynoun
A set portion of food, later as available for a fixed price at an inn or other eating establishment.
Etymology: From ordenaire, ordenarie etc., from ordinarius, from ordo.
ordinarynoun
A place where such meals are served; a public tavern, inn.
Etymology: From ordenaire, ordenarie etc., from ordinarius, from ordo.
ordinarynoun
One of the standard geometric designs placed across the center of a coat of arms, such as a pale or fess.
Etymology: From ordenaire, ordenarie etc., from ordinarius, from ordo.
ordinarynoun
An ordinary thing or person.
Etymology: From ordenaire, ordenarie etc., from ordinarius, from ordo.
ordinarynoun
A penny-farthing bicycle.
Etymology: From ordenaire, ordenarie etc., from ordinarius, from ordo.
ordinaryadjective
Having regular jurisdiction (of a judge; now only used in certain phrases).
Etymology: From ordenaire, ordenarie etc., from ordinarius, from ordo.
ordinaryadjective
Being part of the natural order of things; normal, customary, routine.
On an ordinary day I wake up at nine o'clock, work for six hours, and then go to the gym.
Etymology: From ordenaire, ordenarie etc., from ordinarius, from ordo.
ordinaryadjective
Having no special characteristics or function; everyday, common, mundane (often deprecatory).
Etymology: From ordenaire, ordenarie etc., from ordinarius, from ordo.
ordinaryadjective
Bad or undesirable.
Etymology: From ordenaire, ordenarie etc., from ordinarius, from ordo.
Ordinarynoun
The part of the Roman Catholic Mass that is the same every day
Etymology: From ordenaire, ordenarie etc., from ordinarius, from ordo.
Freebase
Ordinary
An ordinary is an officer of a church or civic authority who by reason of office has ordinary power to execute laws. Such officers are found in hierarchically organised churches of Western Christianity which have an ecclesiastical law system. In the Episcopal Church, for example, an ordinary is a diocesan bishop. In Eastern Christianity, a corresponding officer is called a hierarch. Within civic governance, notably in the southern United States, the role of the county ordinary historically involved the discharge of certain, often legal or legally related, tasks falling to city or county authorities, such as licensing marriages and adjudicating claims against an authority.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Ordinary
or′di-na-ri, adj. according to the common order: usual: of common rank: plain: of little merit: (coll.) plain-looking.—n. a judge of ecclesiastical or other causes who acts in his own right: something settled or customary: actual office: a bishop or his deputy: a place where regular meals are provided at fixed charges: the common run or mass: (her.) one of a class of armorial charges, called also honourable ordinaries, figures of simple outline and geometrical form, conventional in character—chief, pale, fess, bend, bend-sinister, chevron, cross, saltire, pile, pall, bordure, orle, tressure, canton, flanches.—adv. Or′dinarily.—Ordinary of the mass, the established sequence or fixed order for saying mass.—In ordinary, in regular and customary attendance.
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
ordinary
The establishment of the persons formerly employed to take charge of the ships of war which are laid up in ordinary at several harbours adjacent to the royal dockyards. These duties are now under the superintendent of the dockyard. Also, the state of such men-of-war and vessels as are out of commission and laid up.
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'ordinary' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1589
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'ordinary' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1339
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'ordinary' in Adjectives Frequency: #182
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of ordinary in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of ordinary in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of ordinary in a Sentence
You had an absolute rush on guns by ordinary white citizens to arm themselves to the teeth because black people were being put in positions of white power.
You need to be able to be on the short side of the market in order to facilitate ordinary market trading.
Ordinary people aren't going to give up emotions and inspiration just because science sniffs at subjectivity. Science shouldn't be so edgy and defensive. Vandals aren't going to smash their way into laboratories and throw Bibles at the equipment.
RVM:
Dare to be different. The world is full of the ordinary.
It has been heard that Omicron virus is very dangerous for only ordinary people who will have to now wear underwear also on their mouth. Is it true ? And very much like previous all variants of Covid, it will spare only politicians, super rich businessman, journos, movie stars, cricketers and top religious guru and they can enjoy life like anything and become richer
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- عادي, مؤلوفArabic
- ябайBashkir
- ordinariCatalan, Valencian
- obyčejnýCzech
- ordinär, gewöhnlichGerman
- συνηθισμένος, κοινόςGreek
- ordinarioSpanish
- عادیPersian
- tavallinen, airutkuvioFinnish
- ordinaireFrench
- normálta, gnách, gnáth-Irish
- ordinarioGalician
- मामूली, साधारण, सामान्य, आम्मHindi
- szokásos, rendesHungarian
- սովորական, հասարակArmenian
- ordinario, ordinariaItalian
- 通常, 平凡, 普通Japanese
- ធម្មតា, សាមញ្ញKhmer
- 정규, 보통Korean
- parastsLatvian
- ординарија, обиченMacedonian
- gewoonDutch
- zwykłyPolish
- normal, ordinárioPortuguese
- normal, uzual, ordinarRomanian
- обычный, обыкновенныйRussian
- सामान्य, साधारणSanskrit
- navaden, običajenSlovene
- ordinär, vanligSwedish
- sıradan, olağanTurkish
- معمولی, سادھارن, عامUrdu
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