ordinary
/ˈɔɹdɪnɛɹi/ sustantivo B2En español: pieza
- A person having immediate jurisdiction in a given case of ecclesiastical law, such as the bishop within a diocese.
- A judge with the authority to deal with cases himself or herself rather than by delegation.
- The chaplain of Newgate prison, who prepared condemned prisoners for death.
- A meal provided for a set price at an eating establishment.
- 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.
- A penny farthing bicycle.
- A part of the Christian liturgy that is reasonably constant without regard to the date on which the service is performed.
Plural ordinaries
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A death which has caused my brother to alter his habits can be no ordinary one.
Matthew was not looking at her and would not have seen what she was really like if he had been, but an ordinary observer would have seen this: A child of about eleven, garbed in a very short, very tight, very ugly dress of yellowish-gray wincey.
“Now, Doctor,” turning to me, “are those ordinary pills?”
You know a conjuror gets no credit when once he has explained his trick, and if I show you too much of my method of working, you will come to the conclusion that I am a very ordinary individual after all.”
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