Ordinary

or′di-na-ri, adj. according to the common order: usual: of common rank: plain: of little merit: ( coll. ) plain-looking.— n. a judge of ecclesiastical or other causes who acts in his own right: something settled or customary: actual office: a bishop or his deputy: a place where regular meals are provided at fixed charges: the common run or ma : ( her. ) one of a cla of armorial charges, called also honourable ordinaries , figures of simple outline and geometrical form, conventional in character— chief , pale , fe , bend , bend-sinister , chevron , cro , saltire , pile , pall , bordure , orle , tre ure , canton , flanches .— adv. Or′dinarily .— Ordinary of the ma , the established sequence or fixed order for saying ma .— In ordinary , in regular and customary attendance.