ORDINARY

I. noun (plural -naries) Etymology: Middle English ordinarie, from Anglo-French & Medieval Latin; Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin ordinarius, from Latin ordinarius, adjective Date: 14th century 1. a. a prelate exercising original jurisdiction over a specified territory or group, a clergyman appointed formerly in England to attend condemned criminals, a judge of probate in some states of the United States, the parts of the Mass that do not vary from day to day, the regular or customary condition or course of things, 4. a meal served to all comers at a fixed price, a tavern or eating house serving regular meals, a common heraldic charge (as the bend) of simple form, II. adjective Etymology: Middle English ordinarie, from Latin ordinarius, from ordin-, ordo order Date: 15th century of a kind to be expected in the normal order of events ; routine , usual , having or constituting immediate or original jurisdiction, 3. of common quality, rank, or ability , deficient in quality ; poor , inferior , see: common ordinarily adverb ordinariness noun