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▸ noun: (ecclesiastical, law) A person having immediate jurisdiction in a given case of ecclesiastical law, such as the bishop within a diocese.
▸ noun: (obsolete) A courier; someone delivering mail or post.
▸ noun: (law) A judge with the authority to deal with cases himself or herself rather than by delegation.
▸ noun: (now historical) The chaplain of Newgate prison, who prepared condemned prisoners for death.
▸ noun: Something ordinary or regular.
▸ noun: (obsolete) Customary fare, one's regular daily allowance of food; (hence) a regular portion or allowance.
▸ noun: (now chiefly historical) A meal provided for a set price at an eating establishment.
▸ noun: (now archaic, historical) A place where such meals are served; a public tavern, inn.
▸ noun: (heraldry) One of the standard geometric designs placed across the center of a coat of arms, such as a pale or fess.
▸ noun: An ordinary person or thing; something commonplace.
▸ noun: (now Scotland, Ireland) The usual course of things; normal condition or health; a standard way of behaviour or action.
▸ noun: (now historical) A penny farthing bicycle.
▸ noun: (Christianity) A part of the Christian liturgy that is reasonably constant without regard to the date on which the service is performed.
▸ noun: A book setting out ordinary or regular conduct.
▸ noun: (obsolete) A devotional manual; a book setting our rules for proper conduct.
▸ noun: (Christianity, especially Catholicism) A rule, or book of rules, prescribing the order of a liturgy, especially of Mass.
▸ adjective: (law, of a judge) Having regular jurisdiction; now only used in certain phrases.
▸ adjective: Being part of the natural order of things; normal, customary, routine.
▸ adjective: Having no special characteristics or function; everyday, common, mundane; often deprecatory.
▸ adjective: (Australia, New Zealand, colloquial, informal) Bad or undesirable.
▸ noun: The part of the Roman Catholic Mass that is the same every day
▸ noun: (Catholicism) Alternative letter-case form of Ordinary (“those parts of the Mass which are consistent from day to day”) [The part of the Roman Catholic Mass that is the same every day]
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