Crossword clues for ordinary
ordinary
- Usual
- Regular soldiers put November in events book
- Plain gold coin used in Kuwait and Yemeni capital
- A dry iron — sadly commonplace
- Early bicycle with one large wheel and one small wheel
- Colonial tavern
- ____ People, 1980 Sutherland movie
- Normandy area is trashed in rating
- Rating part of Mass, calls back to cover front of altar
- Everyday
- Not worthy of comment
- Stock
- An early bicycle with a very large front wheel and small back wheel
- (heraldry) any of several conventional figures used on shields
- A clergyman appointed to prepare condemned prisoners for death
- The expected or commonplace condition or situation
- A judge of a probate court
- "___ People," 1980 Oscar winner
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ordinary \Or"di*na*ry\, n.; pl. Ordinaries (-r[i^]z).
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(Law)
(Roman Law) An officer who has original jurisdiction in his own right, and not by deputation.
(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.
(Am. Law) A judicial officer, having generally the powers of a judge of probate or a surrogate.
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The mass; the common run. [Obs.]
I see no more in you than in the ordinary Of nature's salework.
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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.
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Anything which is in ordinary or common use.
Water buckets, wagons, cart wheels, plow socks, and other ordinaries.
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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.
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(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.
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.
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(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.
Ordinary \Or"di*na*ry\, a. [L. ordinarius, fr. ordo, ordinis, order: cf. F. ordinaire. See Order.]
According to established order; methodical; settled; regular. ``The ordinary forms of law.''
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Common; customary; usual.
--Shak.Method is not less requisite in ordinary conversation that in writing.
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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.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
early 15c., "belonging to the usual order or course," from Old French ordinarie "ordinary, usual" and directly from Latin ordinarius "customary, regular, usual, orderly," from ordo (genitive ordinis) "order" (see order (n.)). Its various noun usages, dating to late 14c. and common until 19c., now largely extinct except in out of the ordinary (1893). In British education, Ordinary level (abbrev. O level), "lowest of the three levels of General Certificate of Education," is attested from 1947. Related: Ordinarily.
Wiktionary
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 (context obsolete English) A devotional manual. 2 (context Christianity English) A rule, or book of rules, prescribing the order of service, especially of Mass. 3 A person having immediate jurisdiction in a given case of ecclesiastical law, such as the bishop within a diocese. 4 (context obsolete English) A set portion of food, later as available for a fixed price at an inn or other eating establishment. 5 (context archaic or historical English) A place where such meals are served; a public tavern, inn. 6 (context heraldry English) One of the standard geometric designs placed across the center of a coat of arms, such as a pale or fess. 7 An ordinary thing or person; the mass; the common run. 8 (context historical English) A penny-farthing bicycle.
WordNet
adj. 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]
lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered; "average people"; "the ordinary (or common) man in the street" [syn: average]
n. a judge of a probate court
the expected or commonplace condition or situation; "not out of the ordinary"
a clergyman appointed to prepare condemned prisoners for death
an early bicycle with a very large front wheel and small back wheel [syn: ordinary bicycle]
(heraldry) any of several conventional figures used on shields
Wikipedia
For the Train song, see Ordinary (Train song)
"Ordinary" is the first single released off Wayne Brady's first album, A Long Time Coming released on August 19, 2008, peaking at number 41 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.
This song is a cover version of 2005 TVXQ's Beautiful Life
This song is covered from 2005 TVXQ "Beautiful Life".
This song is covered from 2005 TVXQ'S Beautiful Life from the album Rising Sun
In heraldry, an ordinary (or honourable ordinary) is a simple geometrical figure, bounded by straight lines and running from side to side or top to bottom of the shield. There are also some geometric charges known as subordinaries, which have been given lesser status by some heraldic writers, though most have been in use as long as the traditional ordinaries. Diminutives of ordinaries and some subordinaries are charges of the same shape, though thinner. Most of the ordinaries are theoretically said to occupy one-third of the shield; but this is rarely observed in practice, except when the ordinary is the only charge (as in the coat of arms of Austria).
The terms ordinary and subordinary are somewhat controversial, as they have been applied arbitrarily and inconsistently among authors, and the use of these terms has been disparaged by some leading heraldic authorities. In his Complete Guide to Heraldry (1909), Arthur Charles Fox-Davies asserted that the terms are likely inventions of heraldic writers and not of heralds, arguing the "utter absurdity of the necessity for any [such] classification at all," and stating that the ordinaries and sub-ordinaries are, in his mind, "no more than first charges."
An ordinary (from Latin ordinarius) 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 legal system. For example, diocesan bishops are ordinaries in the Roman Catholic church and the Church of England. In Eastern Christianity, a corresponding officer is called a hierarch (from Greek hierarkhēs "president of sacred rites, high-priest" which comes in turn from τὰ ἱερά ta hiera, "the sacred rites" and ἄρχω arkhō, "I rule").
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.
The ordinary, in Roman Catholic and other Western Christian liturgies, refers to the part of the Eucharist or of the canonical hours that is reasonably constant without regard to the date on which the service is performed. It is contrasted to the proper, which is that part of these liturgies that varies according to the date, either representing an observance within the liturgical year, or of a particular saint or significant event, and to the common, which contains those parts that are common to an entire category of saints, such as apostles or martyrs.
The ordinary of both the Eucharist and the canonical hours does, however, admit minor variations in accordance with the seasons, such as omission of "Alleluia" in Lent and its addition in Eastertide.
These two are the only liturgical celebrations in which a distinction is made between an ordinary and other parts. It is not made in other celebrations of Christian liturgy: administration of sacraments other than the Eucharist, blessings, and other rites.
In connection with liturgy, the term "ordinary" may also refer to Ordinary Time - those parts of the liturgical year that are part neither of the Easter cycle of celebrations (Lent and Eastertide) nor of the Christmas cycle ( Advent and Christmastide), periods that were once known as "season after Epiphany" and "season after Pentecost".
In addition the term "ordinary liturgy" is used to refer to regular celebrations of Christian liturgy, excluding exceptional celebrations.
Ordinary may refer to:
- Ordinary (heraldry), a simple geometrical figure displayed on a shield
- Ordinary (lecture), a type of lecture given in universities of the Middle Ages
- Ordinary (liturgy), a set of texts in Roman Catholic and other Western Christian liturgies that are generally invariable
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Ordinary (officer), an officer of a church or civic authority who by reason of office has ordinary power to execute laws
- Ordinary (Catholic Church), a supervisor similar to a bishop in charge of a diocese
- Ordinary (Every Little Thing album) (2011)
- Ordinary (Beast album) (2015)
- "Ordinary" (Wayne Brady song) (2008)
- "Ordinary" (Train song) (2004)
- Ordinary (film), a Malayalam-language film
- Ordinary, Kentucky, United States, an unincorporated community
- Ordinary, Virginia, United States, an unincorporated community
An Ordinary was a type of lecture given in universities of the Middle Ages. Lectures were distinguished by the time of day they were conducted: an ordinary was conducted by fully qualified professors on fundamental texts in the morning, while extraordinary lectures were given in the afternoon by bachelors (the medieval equivalent of a graduate student) on less important texts.
"Ordinary" is a song by the American alternative rock band Train, for the Spider-Man 2 soundtrack.
Ordinary is the tenth studio album by Japanese music duo Every Little Thing. It was released on September 21, 2011, by Avex Trax.
Ordinary is the eighth mini-album by South Korean boy band Beast. It was produced by Cube Entertainment and released on July 27, 2015 by Universal Music Group. According to Gaon Chart, as of the end of December 2015, the album has sold a cumulative total of 87,524 copies.
Ordinary is a 2012 Malayalam comedy drama film directed by Sugeeth and written by Nishad K. Koya and Manu Prasad. The film stars Kunchacko Boban, Biju Menon, Asif Ali, Jishnu Raghavan, Ann Augustine and Shritha Sivadas in the main roles. The cinematography is by Faisal Ali and the music is composed by Vidyasagar. The film follows the adventures of a K.S.R.T.C. bus that travels from Pathanamthitta to the village of Gavi via Angamoozhy.
The film was remade in Tamil as Jannal Oram by Karu Pazhaniappan and in Telugu as Right Right.
Usage examples of "ordinary".
For instance, as dust and gas from the outer layers of nearby ordinary stars fall toward the event horizon of a black hole, they are accelerated to nearly the speed of light.
As for the rest, I was being invited to place my eyes against the goggles of a quite ordinary visual acuity tester.
On the proof of the fact, instead of granting, like an ordinary judge, sufficient or ample damages to the plaintiff, the sovereign adjudged to her use and benefit the palace and the ground.
In the opposing picket line, men and women of ordinary appearance were in the majority, though there was a noticeable admixture of men in biknis, and women in codpieced, translucent business suits.
These delicate diseases should not be intrusted to physicians who advertise under fictitious names, or to those of ordinary qualifications.
But when you have the honor of associating with ordinary men, and the pleasure of leaving politics for a moment, try to find your affectionate heart, which you leave with your stick when you go to the Chamber.
In my humble opinion the ordinary method of agitating by way of petitions, deputations and the like is no remedy for moving to repentence a Government so hopelessly indifferent to the welfare of its charges as the Government of India has proved to me.
When you have any ordinary ailment, particularly of a feverish sort, eat nothing at all during twenty-four hours.
For a week the old man suffered from feverish symptoms, and, though he threw off the ailment, it was in a state of much feebleness that he at length resumed the ordinary tenor of his way.
That thought, so ordinary for an airman on hectic days, made him shudder now that he was excluded from the life of the airfield.
And so I say, we cannot, we have no right to treat you as an ordinary airman, no right, do you understand?
That ordinary alimentation, which includes the process of digestion, the subsequent vital changes involved in the conversion of food into blood, and its final transformation into tissue, causes mental languor and dullness, as well as bodily exhaustion, is attested by universal experience.
It had occurred to me that Alsa might have left something in the cinema deliberately, but all this stuff was ordinary, the litter of a passing trade.
It is absurd to discuss American local governments as agents of individual and social amelioration until they begin to meet their most essential and ordinary responsibilities in a more satisfactory manner.
For the ordinary history of the popes, their life and death, their residence and absence, it is enough to refer to the ecclesiastical annalists, Spondanus and Fleury.