Definition:
- (a.) According to established order; methodical; settled; regular.
- (a.) Common; customary; usual.
- (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.
- (n.) An officer who has original jurisdiction in his own right, and not by deputation.
- (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.
- (n.) A judicial officer, having generally the powers of a judge of probate or a surrogate.
- (n.) The mass; the common run.
- (n.) That which is so common, or continued, as to be considered a settled establishment or institution.
- (n.) Anything which is in ordinary or common use.
- (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.
- (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.
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ordinary vs. overall
innovation vs. ordinary
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ordinary vs. quaint
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general vs. ordinary
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ordinary vs. significavit
donative vs. ordinary
collative vs. ordinary
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different vs. ordinary
ordinary vs. unique
conventional vs. ordinary
ordinaries vs. ordinary
ordinary vs. pedantic
onset vs. ordinary
capital vs. ordinary
ordinary vs. simple
mediocre vs. ordinary
ordinary vs. universal
ordinary vs. rompu
ordinary vs. unremarkable
ordinary vs. saltire
ordinary vs. typical
bond vs. ordinary
offensive vs. ordinary
impressionism vs. ordinary
irregularity vs. ordinary
ordinary vs. trivial
ordinary vs. unconventional
moderate vs. ordinary
custom vs. ordinary
exceptional vs. ordinary
ordinary vs. usual
ordinary vs. presentation
ordinary vs. tierce
ordinary vs. vulgar
average vs. ordinary
ordinary vs. peculiar
curious vs. ordinary
bicycle vs. ordinary
fess vs. ordinary
ordinary vs. pale
mass vs. ordinary
devotional vs. ordinary
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ordinary vs. routine
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jurisdiction vs. ordinary
ordinary vs. supernatural
divine vs. ordinary
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anomaly vs. ordinary
common vs. ordinary
ordinary vs. vernacular
ordinary vs. silly
ordinary vs. regular
ordinary vs. qualified
extraordinary vs. ordinary
ordinary vs. plain
ordinary vs. quotidian