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ordinary adj 1 of the usual everyday kind; unexceptional. 2 plain; uninteresting. 3 law a said of a judge or jurisdiction: by virtue of office, not by deputation; b said of a judge in Scotland: belonging to the Outer House of the Court of Session. 4 commerce said of shares or stock, etc: forming part of the common stock, entitling holders to receive a dividend from the net profits. noun (ordinaries) 1 law a judge of ecclesiastical or other causes who acts in his own right, such as a bishop or his deputy. 2 (Ordinary) RC Church a those parts of the Mass which do not vary from day to day; b a rule that prescribes or book that contains the form of divine service, especially the Mass. 3 historical a penny farthing bicycle. 4 heraldry a one of a class of armorial charges of a simple, common or conventional kind; b a reference book of heraldic charges. ordinarily adverb in the normal course of events; usually; normally. ordinariness noun. in ordinary especially in titles, etc: in regular and customary attendance. in the ordinary way if things are as normal; usually. out of the ordinary unusual; strange.
ETYMOLOGY: 16c as adj; 13c in some noun senses: from Latin ordinarius orderly, usual, from ordo order.

ordinary adj 1 of the usual everyday kind; unexceptional. 2 plain; uninteresting. 3 law a said of a judge or jurisdiction: by virtue of office, not by deputation; b said of a judge in Scotland: belonging to the Outer House of the Court of Session. 4 commerce said of shares or stock, etc: forming part of the common stock, entitling holders to receive a dividend from the net profits. noun (ordinaries) 1 law a judge of ecclesiastical or other causes who acts in his own right, such as a bishop or his deputy. 2 (Ordinary) RC Church a those parts of the Mass which do not vary from day to day; b a rule that prescribes or book that contains the form of divine service, especially the Mass. 3 historical a penny farthing bicycle. 4 heraldry a one of a class of armorial charges of a simple, common or conventional kind; b a reference book of heraldic charges. ordinarily adverb in the normal course of events; usually; normally. ordinariness noun. in ordinary especially in titles, etc: in regular and customary attendance. in the ordinary way if things are as normal; usually. out of the ordinary unusual; strange.
ETYMOLOGY: 16c as adj; 13c in some noun senses: from Latin ordinarius orderly, usual, from ordo order.

ordinary adj 1 of the usual everyday kind; unexceptional. 2 plain; uninteresting. 3 law a said of a judge or jurisdiction: by virtue of office, not by deputation; b said of a judge in Scotland: belonging to the Outer House of the Court of Session. 4 commerce said of shares or stock, etc: forming part of the common stock, entitling holders to receive a dividend from the net profits. noun (ordinaries) 1 law a judge of ecclesiastical or other causes who acts in his own right, such as a bishop or his deputy. 2 (Ordinary) RC Church a those parts of the Mass which do not vary from day to day; b a rule that prescribes or book that contains the form of divine service, especially the Mass. 3 historical a penny farthing bicycle. 4 heraldry a one of a class of armorial charges of a simple, common or conventional kind; b a reference book of heraldic charges. ordinarily adverb in the normal course of events; usually; normally. ordinariness noun. in ordinary especially in titles, etc: in regular and customary attendance. in the ordinary way if things are as normal; usually. out of the ordinary unusual; strange.
ETYMOLOGY: 16c as adj; 13c in some noun senses: from Latin ordinarius orderly, usual, from ordo order.