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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Ordinary \Or"di*na*ry\, n.; pl. Ordinaries (-r[i^]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.
            [1913 Webster]
  
     2. The mass; the common run. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              I see no more in you than in the ordinary
              Of nature's salework.                 --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. That which is so common, or continued, as to be considered
        a settled establishment or institution. [R.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Spain had no other wars save those which were grown
              into an ordinary.                     --Bacon.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. Anything which is in ordinary or common use.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Water buckets, wagons, cart wheels, plow socks, and
              other ordinaries.                     --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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'h[^o]te; hence, also, the meal furnished at such a
        dining room. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              All the odd words they have picked up in a
              coffeehouse, or a gaming ordinary, are produced as
              flowers of style.                     --Swift.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              He exacted a tribute for licenses to hawkers and
              peddlers and to ordinaries.           --Bancroft.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     In ordinary.
        (a) In actual and constant service; statedly attending and
            serving; as, a physician or chaplain in ordinary. An
            ambassador in ordinary is one constantly resident at a
            foreign court.
        (b) (Naut.) Out of commission and laid up; -- said of a
            naval vessel.
  
     Ordinary of the Mass (R. C. Ch.), the part of the Mass
        which is the same every day; -- called also the canon of
        the Mass.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Ordinary \Or"di*na*ry\, a. [L. ordinarius, fr. ordo, ordinis,
     order: cf. F. ordinaire. See Order.]
     1. According to established order; methodical; settled;
        regular. ``The ordinary forms of law.'' --Addison.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Common; customary; usual. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Method is not less requisite in ordinary
              conversation that in writing.         --Addison.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              An ordinary lad would have acquired little or no
              useful knowledge in such a way.       --Macaulay.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Ordinary seaman (Naut.), one not expert or fully skilled,
        and hence ranking below an able seaman.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: Normal; common; usual; customary.
  
     Usage: See Normal. -- Ordinary, Common. A thing is
            common in which many persons share or partake; as, a
            common practice. A thing is ordinary when it is apt to
            come round in the regular common order or succession
            of events.
            [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Ordinary \Or"di*na*ry\, a. [L. ordinarius, fr. ordo, ordinis,
     order: cf. F. ordinaire. See Order.]
     1. According to established order; methodical; settled;
        regular. ``The ordinary forms of law.'' --Addison.
  
     2. Common; customary; usual. --Shak.
  
              Method is not less reguisite in ordinary
              conversation that in writing.         --Addison.
  
     3. 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.
  
              An ordinary lad would have acquired little or no
              useful knowledge in such a way.       --Macaulay.
  
     Ordinary seaman (Naut.), one not expert or fully skilled,
        and hence ranking below an able seaman.
  
     Syn: Normal; common; usual; customary.
  
     Usage: See Normal. -- Ordinary, Common. A thing is
            common in which many persons share or partake; as, a
            common practice. A thing is ordinary when it is apt to
            come round in the regular common order or succession
            of events.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Ordinary \Or"di*na*ry\, n.; pl. Ordinaries (-r[i^]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.                    --Shak.
  
     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.                     --Bacon.
  
     4. Anything which is in ordinary or common use.
  
              Water buckets, wagons, cart wheels, plow socks, and
              other ordinaries.                     --Sir 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'h[^o]te; hence, also, the meal furnished at such a
        dining room. --Shak.
  
              All the odd words they have picked up in a
              coffeehouse, or a gaming ordinary, are produced as
              flowers of style.                     --Swift.
  
              He exacted a tribute for licenses to hawkers and
              peddlers and to ordinaries.           --Bancroft.
  
     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.
  
     In ordinary.
        (a) In actual and constant service; statedly attending and
            serving; as, a physician or chaplain in ordinary. An
            ambassador in ordinary is one constantly resident at a
            foreign court.
        (b) (Naut.) Out of commission and laid up; -- said of a
            naval vessel.
  
     Ordinary of the Mass (R. C. Ch.), the part of the Mass
        which is the same every day; -- called also the canon of
        the Mass.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  ordinary
       adj 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" [ant: extraordinary]
       2: lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly
          encountered; "average people"; "the ordinary (or common)
          man in the street" [syn: average]
       n 1: a judge of a probate court
       2: the expected or commonplace condition or situation; "not out
          of the ordinary"
       3: a clergyman appointed to prepare condemned prisoners for
          death
       4: an early bicycle with a very large front wheel and small
          back wheel [syn: ordinary bicycle]
       5: (heraldry) any of several conventional figures used on
          shields

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  ordinary
     Αγγλικά a.
     συνήθης, συνηθισμένος

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  ordinary
     a.
     1 (lb en legal of a judge) Having regular jurisdiction; ''now only
  used in certain phrases''.
     2 Being part of the natural order of things; normal, customary,
  routine.
     3 Having no special characteristics or function; everyday, common,
  mundane; ''often deprecatory''.
     4 (lb en Australia New Zealand colloquial informal) bad or
  undesirable.
     n.
     1 ''A person with authority; authority, ordinance.''
     2 # (lb en ecclesiastical legal) A person having immediate
  jurisdiction in a given case of ecclesiastical law, such as the bishop
  within a diocese. (from 14th c.)
     3 # (lb en obsolete) A courier; someone delivering mail or post.
  (16th–19th c.)
     4 # (lb en law) A judge with the authority to deal with cases himself
  or herself rather than by delegation. (from 17th c.)
     5 # (lb en now historical) The chaplain of Newgate prison, who
  prepared condemned prisoners for death. (from 17th c.)
     6 ''Something ordinary or regular.''
     7 # (lb en obsolete) Customary fare, one's regular daily allowance of
  food; (i: hence) a regular portion or allowance. (15th–19th c.)
     8 # (lb en now chiefly historical) A meal provided for a set price at
  an eating establishment. (from 16th c.)
     9 # (lb en now archaic historical) A place where such meals are
  served; a public tavern, inn. (from 16th c.)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Ordinary
     n.
     The part of the Roman Catholic Mass that is the same every day

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  ordinary
     a.
     1 (lb en legal of a judge) Having regular jurisdiction; ''now only
  used in certain phrases''.
     2 Being part of the natural order of things; normal, customary,
  routine.
     3 Having no special characteristics or function; everyday, common,
  mundane; ''often deprecatory''.
     4 (lb en Australia New Zealand colloquial informal) bad or
  undesirable.
     n.
     1 ''A person with authority; authority, ordinance.''
     2 # (lb en ecclesiastical legal) A person having immediate
  jurisdiction in a given case of ecclesiastical law, such as the bishop
  within a diocese. (from 14th c.)
     3 # (lb en obsolete) A courier; someone delivering mail or post.
  (16th–19th c.)
     4 # (lb en law) A judge with the authority to deal with cases himself
  or herself rather than by delegation. (from 17th c.)
     5 # (lb en now historical) The chaplain of Newgate prison, who
  prepared condemned prisoners for death. (from 17th c.)
     6 ''Something ordinary or regular.''
     7 # (lb en obsolete) Customary fare, one's regular daily allowance of
  food; (i: hence) a regular portion or allowance. (15th–19th c.)
     8 # (lb en now chiefly historical) A meal provided for a set price at
  an eating establishment. (from 16th c.)
     9 # (lb en now archaic historical) A place where such meals are
  served; a public tavern, inn. (from 16th c.)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  Ordinary
     n.
     The part of the Roman Catholic Mass that is the same every day

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  ordinary
     a.
     1 (lb en legal of a judge) Having regular jurisdiction; ''now only
  used in certain phrases''.
     2 Being part of the natural order of things; normal, customary,
  routine.
     3 Having no special characteristics or function; everyday, common,
  mundane; ''often deprecatory''.
     4 (lb en Australia New Zealand colloquial informal) bad or
  undesirable.
     n.
     1 ''A person with authority; authority, ordinance.''
     2 # (lb en ecclesiastical legal) A person having immediate
  jurisdiction in a given case of ecclesiastical law, such as the bishop
  within a diocese. (from 14th c.)
     3 # (lb en obsolete) A courier; someone delivering mail or post.
  (16th–19th c.)
     4 # (lb en law) A judge with the authority to deal with cases himself
  or herself rather than by delegation. (from 17th c.)
     5 # (lb en now historical) The chaplain of Newgate prison, who
  prepared condemned prisoners for death. (from 17th c.)
     6 ''Something ordinary or regular.''
     7 # (lb en obsolete) Customary fare, one's regular daily allowance of
  food; (i: hence) a regular portion or allowance. (15th–19th c.)
     8 # (lb en now chiefly historical) A meal provided for a set price at
  an eating establishment. (from 16th c.)
     9 # (lb en now archaic historical) A place where such meals are
  served; a public tavern, inn. (from 16th c.)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  Ordinary
     n.
     The part of the Roman Catholic Mass that is the same every day

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  ordinary
     a.
     1 (lb en legal of a judge) Having regular jurisdiction; ''now only
  used in certain phrases''.
     2 Being part of the natural order of things; normal, customary,
  routine.
     3 Having no special characteristics or function; everyday, common,
  mundane; ''often deprecatory''.
     4 (lb en Australia New Zealand colloquial informal) bad or
  undesirable.
     n.
     1 ''A person with authority; authority, ordinance.''
     2 # (lb en ecclesiastical legal) A person having immediate
  jurisdiction in a given case of ecclesiastical law, such as the bishop
  within a diocese. (from 14th c.)
     3 # (lb en obsolete) A courier; someone delivering mail or post.
  (16th–19th c.)
     4 # (lb en law) A judge with the authority to deal with cases himself
  or herself rather than by delegation. (from 17th c.)
     5 # (lb en now historical) The chaplain of Newgate prison, who
  prepared condemned prisoners for death. (from 17th c.)
     6 ''Something ordinary or regular.''
     7 # (lb en obsolete) Customary fare, one's regular daily allowance of
  food; (i: hence) a regular portion or allowance. (15th–19th c.)
     8 # (lb en now chiefly historical) A meal provided for a set price at
  an eating establishment. (from 16th c.)
     9 # (lb en now archaic historical) A place where such meals are
  served; a public tavern, inn. (from 16th c.)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  Ordinary
     n.
     The part of the Roman Catholic Mass that is the same every day

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  ordinary
     Englanti a.
     tavallinen

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  ordinary
     Engelska a.
     1 vanlig
     2 alldaglig, slätstruken, beige
     3 ordinarie
     Engelska n.
     (tagg heraldik språk=en) häroldsbild

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  ordinary /ˈɔːdɪnəɹi/
  gewoon

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Ordinary /ˈɔːdɪnəɹi/
  عادي

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  ordinary //ˈɔɹdɪnɛ(ə)ɹi// //ˈɔɹdɪnɛɹi// //ˈɔːdənɹi// //ˈɔːdɪnəɹi// 
  1. обикнове́н
  having no special characteristics or function; everyday, common, mundane
  2. норма́лен, обикнове́н, обича́ен
  normal, routine