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Word: Ordinary
Speech Type: Adjective
late Middle English: the noun partly via Old French; the adjective from Latin ordinarius ‘orderly’ (reinforced by French ordinaire), from ordo, ordin- ‘order’
ˈɔːdɪn(ə)ri
with no special or distinctive features; normal
Short Definition:normal
Examples:- he sets out to depict ordinary people
- it was just an ordinary evening
(especially of a judge or bishop) exercising authority by virtue of office and not by deputation.
Short Definition:exercising authority by virtue of office
Word: Ordinary
Speech Type: Noun
ˈɔːdɪn(ə)ri
what is commonplace or standard
Short Definition:what is commonplace or standard
Examples:- their clichés were vested with enough emotion to elevate them above the ordinary
a judge who exercises authority by virtue of office and not by deputation.
Short Definition:judge exercising authority by virtue of office
a member of the clergy, such as an archbishop in a province or a bishop in a diocese, with immediate jurisdiction.
Short Definition:ecclesiastic with immediate jurisdiction
those parts of a Roman Catholic service, especially the Mass, which do not vary from day to day.
Short Definition:non-variable parts of Catholic service
any of the simplest principal charges used in coats of arms (especially chief, pale, bend, fess, bar, chevron, cross, saltire).
Short Definition:simplest charge used in coats of arms
ordinary share
a meal provided at a fixed time and price at an inn.
Short Definition:meal provided at inn
a penny-farthing bicycle.
Short Definition:penny-farthing bicycle
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