Ordinary

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.

Compare ordinary with other words:

ordinary vs. overall

innovation vs. ordinary

ordinary vs. widespread

normally vs. ordinary

ordinary vs. standard

ordinary vs. quaint

ordinary vs. outstanding

general vs. ordinary

commonplace vs. ordinary

ordinary vs. significavit

donative vs. ordinary

collative vs. ordinary

extramundane vs. ordinary

epic vs. ordinary

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

ordinarily vs. ordinary

ordinary vs. special

mundane vs. ordinary

everyday vs. ordinary

ordinary vs. routine

customary vs. ordinary

normal vs. ordinary

jurisdiction vs. ordinary

ordinary vs. supernatural

divine vs. ordinary

order vs. ordinary

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