Ordinary

English Meaning

According to established order; methodical; settled; regular.

1. Commonly encountered; usual. See Synonyms at common.
2. Of no exceptional ability, degree, or quality; average.
3. Of inferior quality; second-rate.
4. Having immediate rather than delegated jurisdiction, as a judge.
5. Mathematics Designating a differential equation containing no more than one independent variable.
6. The usual or normal condition or course of events: Nothing out of the ordinary occurred.
7. Law A judge or other official with immediate rather than delegated jurisdiction.
8. Law The judge of a probate court in some states of the United States.
9. Ecclesiastical The part of the Mass that remains unchanged from day to day.
10. Ecclesiastical A division of the Roman Breviary containing the unchangeable parts of the office other than the Psalms.
11. Ecclesiastical A cleric, such as the residential bishop of a diocese, with ordinary jurisdiction over a specified territory.
12. Heraldry One of the simplest and commonest charges, such as the bend and the cross.
13. Chiefly British A complete meal provided at a fixed price.
14. Chiefly British A tavern or an inn providing such a meal.