Ordinarynoun

• 1

  The part of the Roman Catholic Mass that is the same every day

ordinarynoun/ˈɔːdɪnəɹi/

• 1

  ecclesiasticallawlifestyleA person with authority; authority, ordinance.

• 2

  obsoleteA person with authority; authority, ordinance.

  • I […] will lay to till you come within hail […] but pray respond by the first ordinary.
• 3

  lawA person with authority; authority, ordinance.

• 4

  historicalA person with authority; authority, ordinance.

  • He died with pious composure and resolution. I have just seen the Ordinary that attended him.
• 5

  obsoleteSomething ordinary or regular.

• 6

  historicalSomething ordinary or regular.

  • In short, Mr. Jolter could give a very good account of the stages on the road, and […] was a connoisseur in ordinaries, from twelve to five and thirty livres […].
  • Here he recommended me to fix my board, there being an excellent ordinary daily at two o'clock, at which I might dine or not as I pleased.
• 7

  archaichistoricalSomething ordinary or regular.

  • Vpon feſtiuall daies he goes to Court, and ſalutes vvithout re-ſaluting: at night in an Ordinarie he confeſſeth the buſineſſe in hand, and ſeemes as converſant vvith all intents and plots, as if he begot them.
  • We are most part too inquisitive and apt to hearken after news, which Cæsar, in his Commentaries, observes of the old Gauls, they would be inquiring of every carrier and passenger what they had heard or seen, what news abroad? […] as at an ordinary with us, bakehouse, or barber's shop.
• 8

  governmentheraldryhobbiesSomething ordinary or regular.

ordinaryadj/ˈɔːdɪnəɹi/

• 1

  lawHaving regular jurisdiction; now only used in certain phrases.

• 2

  Being part of the natural order of things; normal, customary, routine.

  • On an ordinary day I wake up at nine o'clock, work for six hours, and then go to the gym.
  • Method is not leſs requiſite in ordinary converſation than in writing, provided a man would talk to make himſelf underſtood.
• 3

  Having no special characteristics or function; everyday, common, mundane; often deprecatory.

  • I live a very ordinary life most of the time, but every year I spend a week in Antarctica.
  • He looked so ordinary, I never thought he'd be capable of murder.
• 4

  informalBad or undesirable.

  • 1983 September 20, Bruce Stannard, Australia II Joins Our Greats, The Age, republished 2003, David Headon (editor), The Best Ever Australian Sports Writing: A 200 Year Collection, page 480, It was, in some ways a sad, almost pathetic sight to see this great American boat which had fought so hard throughout the cup summer, now looking very ordinary indeed.
  • 1961, Joanna White, quoted in 2005, A. James Hammerton, Alistair Thomson, Ten Pound Poms: Australia′s Invisible Migrants, page 80, For myself, I loved adventure and travelling. I′d already done quite a bit of travelling in Europe and — couldn′t get enough of it and whilst my marriage, at that stage, was very happy, he was very entrenched as a Londoner, Cockney, absolutely Cockney Londoner, and I could see that our future was pretty ordinary and so my hidden agenda I suppose was to drag him out to Australia and hope that both our lifestyles would improve and there would be new opportunities.