ordinary
A person with authority; authority.
(ecclesiastical, law) A person having immediate jurisdiction in a given case of ecclesiastical law, such as the bishop within a diocese.
(obsolete) A courier; someone delivering mail or post.
(law) A judge with the authority to deal with cases himself or herself rather than by delegation.
(now historical) The chaplain of Newgate prison, who prepared condemned prisoners for death.
Something regular.
(obsolete) Customary fare, one's regular daily allowance of food; (hence) a regular portion or allowance.
(now chiefly historical) A meal provided for a set price at an eating establishment.
(now archaic, historical) A place where meals are served for a set price; a public tavern, inn.
An author ought to consider himself, not as a gentleman who gives a private or eleemosynary treat, but rather as one who keeps a public ordinary, at which all persons are welcome for their money.
(heraldry) One of the standard geometric designs placed across the center of a coat of arms, such as a pale or fess.
An ordinary person or thing; something commonplace.
(now Scotland, Ireland) The usual course of things; normal condition or health; a standard way of behavior or action.
(now historical) A penny farthing bicycle.
(Christianity) A part of the Christian liturgy that is reasonably constant without regard to the date on which the service is performed.
(Catholicism) Those parts of the Mass which are consistent from day to day.
A book setting out regular conduct.
(obsolete) A devotional manual; a book setting our rules for proper conduct.
(Christianity, especially Catholicism) A rule, or book of rules, prescribing the order of a liturgy, especially of Mass.
(law, of a judge) Having regular jurisdiction.
Being part of the natural order of things; normal, customary, routine.
Having no special characteristics or function; everyday, common, mundane; ''often deprecatory''.
(Australia, New Zealand, colloquial, informal) Bad or undesirable.