noun
- A judge of a probate court.
- The expected or commonplace condition or situation.
- usage: "not out of the ordinary"
- A clergyman appointed to prepare condemned prisoners for death.
- An early bicycle with a very large front wheel and small back wheel.
- synonyms: ordinary bicycle
- Heraldry) any of several conventional figures used on shields. (
adjective
- Not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree.
- usage: "ordinary everyday objects"; "ordinary decency"; "an ordinary day"; "an ordinary wine"
- Lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered.
- usage: "average people"; "the ordinary (or common) man in the street"
- synonyms: average
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