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adj. regular, customary and continuing, and not unusual or extrao...
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early 15c., "belonging to the usual order or course," from Old French ordinarie "ordinary, usual" and directly from Latin ordinarius "customary, regular, usual, orderly," [..]
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normal or expected.
Source: nationalgeographic.org

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a judge of a probate court not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree; "ordinary everyday objects"; "ordinary decency& [..]
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usual; not special or different
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A book that describes coats of arms and arranges them according to design.
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Chants and prayers from the Mass and other services that remain the same from day to day throughout the Church year. The Ordinary is opposed to the Proper, which consists of those chants and prayers t [..]
Source: dictionary.onmusic.org

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of a kind to be expected from the average person or in the normal course of events ;broadly : of a common kind or degree [an proceeding] compare extraordinary
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A bishop or other prelate who exercises the jurisdiction of a bishop over a diocese or an enclave in a diocese.    (Heath, Peter. Church and Realm, 1272-1461, 365)
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(n) a judge of a probate court(n) the expected or commonplace condition or situation(n) a clergyman appointed to prepare condemned prisoners for death(n) an early bicycle with a very large front wheel [..]
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solitus, mediocris, vulgaris, ordinarius, modicus
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A public dinner where each guest pays his quota; a table d’hôte.
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With respect to tides, the use of this nontechnical word has, for the most part, been determined to be synonymous with mean. Thus, ordinary high (low) water is the equivalent of mean high (low) water. [..]
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, adj. plain-looking, as a person.
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The judge who hears cases at first instance in the Court of Session.
Source: scotland-judiciary.org.uk

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adj. regular, customary and continuing, and not unusual or extraordinary, as in ordinary expense, ordinary handling, ordinary risks or ordinary skill.
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(legal,of a judge) Having regular jurisdiction; ''now only used in certain phrases''. Being part of the natural order of things; normal, customary, routine. (On an ordinary day I wake up at nine [..]
Source: en.wiktionary.org

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The part of the Roman Catholic Mass that is the same every day
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lang=en 1600s=1678 |1800s=1813 * '''1678''' — . ''''. *: Thou hast done in this, according to the proverb, "Changed a bad for a worse"; but it is ordinary for those that have professed themselves h [..]
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