Definition of: ordinary

(ôr′də·ner′ē) adjective
1. Of common or everyday occurrence; customary; usual.
2. According to an established order; regular; normal.
3. Common in rank or degree; of average merit or consequence; commonplace.
4. Having immediate or ex–officio jurisdiction, as a judge. See synonyms under COMMON, GENERAL, HABITUAL, NORMAL, USUAL.
—noun plural ·nar·ies
1. That which is usual or common.
2. Brit. A meal provided regularly at a fixed price.
3. Brit. An eating house where such meals are served.
4. Law One who exercises jurisdiction in his own right, and not by delegation.
5. U.S. In some States, a judge exercising probate jurisdiction.
6. Eccl. a A rule or book prescribing the form for saying mass. b The practically unchangeable part of the mass: opposed to the proper.
7. An early type of bicycle with a large front wheel and a small rear wheel.
8. Her. A charge of the simplest kind, usually bounded between simple lines, as a chief, pale, fess, chevron, bend, cross, saltire, or quarter.
—in ordinary
1. In actual and constant service.
2. Naut. Out of commission; laid up: said of a ship. [<L ordinarius regular, usual <ordo, -inis an order]
—or′di·nar′i·ness noun