The mass; the common run.

Portion of the liturgy ( Mass and Office) that remains the same from day to day. Opp. is Proper . The choral ordinary chants in the mass are the Kyrie eleison, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, and Agnus Dei.

Sections of the Roman Catholic Mass that remain the same from day to day throughout the church year; as distinct from the Proper, which changes daily according to the liturgical occasion.

A basic geometric CHARGE, e.g. PALE, BEND, BEND SINISTER, FESS, CHEVRON, CROSS, CHIEF, BORDURE, SALTIRE, BASE, CANTON, etc.

Basic heraldic charges used in simple heraldry--the bend, chevron, chief, fess, pale, pile and saltire.

(heraldry) any of several conventional figures used on shields

An officer who has original jurisdiction in his own right, and not by deputation.

One who has immediate jurisdiction in matters ecclesiastical; an ecclesiastical judge; also, a deputy of the bishop, or a clergyman appointed to perform divine service for condemned criminals and assist in preparing them for death.

bishop or archbishop with ordinary jurisdictional power.

A dining room or eating house where a meal is prepared for all comers, at a fixed price for the meal, in distinction from one where each dish is separately charged; a table d'hôte; hence, also, the meal furnished at such a dining room.

An inn which served food and drink only at specified mealtimes; the term originated because there was only one choice on the menu, and so people ate what was "ordinarily" available.

A complete meal provided at a fixed price or a tavern or an inn providing such a meal.

Early type of bicycle which utilised a very large front wheel. Also called a 'penny-farthing', because this was the size of the rear wheel. This setup may have seemed ordinary at the time, but strikes the modern eye as quaintly mad.

an early bicycle with a very large front wheel and small back wheel

Of common rank, quality, or ability; not distinguished by superior excellence or beauty; hence, not distinguished in any way; commonplace; inferior; of little merit; as, men of ordinary judgment; an ordinary book.

the expected or commonplace condition or situation; "not out of the ordinary"

In hierarchical Western Christianity, an ordinary is an officer of the church who by reason of office has ordinary power to execute the church's lawshttp://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG1104/_PF.HTM#1.0.0.8.0.0.134 c. 134 § 1, Code of Canon Law, 1983. The term comes from the Latin word ordinarius. In Eastern Christianity, a corresponding officer is called a hierarchhttp://www.intratext.com/IXT/ENG1199/_PRC.HTM c. 984, Code of Canons of the Oriental Churches, 1992, which comes from the Greek word ιεραρχης meaning "priestly ruler".

A judicial officer, having generally the powers of a judge of probate or a surrogate.

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"; "an ordinary day"; "an ordinary wine"

in terms of wine tasting, it can be derogatory; a wine with no pretensions or little notability.

Wine consumed regularly in France.

An overprint used by Liberia to permit use of official stamps for regular postage.

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. The use of ordinary in tidal terms is discouraged.

Common; customary; usual.

Anything which is in ordinary or common use.

lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered; "average people"; "the ordinary (or common) man in the street"

Below average quality for growth, grade and type. Bland.

According to established order; methodical; settled; regular.

That which is so common, or continued, as to be considered a settled establishment or institution.

See Ordinary language philosophy; and Ordinary use

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