ordinary
3
9.9
- noun
- /ˈɔrdəˌnerē/
- Formal
:
juez de sucesiones
- I ought to have known, sir, that you're Physician Ordinary to the Royal Family.
Examples
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Thus, if I married a Catholic couple in a Catholic Church and had full faculties from my Ordinary to do so, their marriage would be invalid as far as the civil authorities are concerned, with all sorts of consequences for that couple.
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Upon arrival back home, both heads of the religious houses presented their respective bulls at solemn gatherings of the diocesan clergy presided over by the local ordinaries.
Academic text (2018) -
If the Ordinary fails to act in this way, the Holy See must intervene.
Blog text (30) -
For example, as a Catholic priest, duly designated by my local Ordinary to the civil authorities, I have a license from them to perform marriages that are civilly recognized.
Blog text (9) -
On Saturday, the three of them drove into town in the car that the paint had barely dried on, and Mr. Shiftlet and Lucynell were married in the Ordinary's office while the old woman witnessed.
Fiction book (2001) -
At a pontifical mass by Sec. of State Cardinal Bertone, the ordinary of the NO mass was read by him in Latin while another priest read the rest in Polish, as the event was for about 3,000 Polish pilgrims.
Blog text (10) -
He uses the term "employees" to describe priests and clerics, although that is the fruit of a legal theory that has not met with much success when applied to the Vatican's relationship to priests (diocesan and religious) and Ordinaries and religious Orders and their members.
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More than half the parishes of 53 dioceses, a significant number of parishes in 34 dioceses, and at least 15 parishes without the approbation of the local ordinary sequenced the sacraments in this fashion.
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The judge serving as the ordinary has the authority to oversee probate cases in the court.
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In many regions, the ordinary is responsible for managing the distribution of estates after someone's death.
Idioms
Compounds
- Formal
1
3.8
The level of attention and caution a reasonable person shows in similar situations to avoid harm
- Archaic
A two-wheeled vehicle with a very large front wheel and a much smaller rear wheel
- Specialized
A plan that gives a fixed amount and has level yearly payments for life
A form of stock giving part of profits and voting rights but no priority for dividends or assets
- Specialized
A series of equal payments made at the end of each period for a set time
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ordinary as a legal title comes from Latin ordinarius meaning 'regular' or 'in charge'. So an ordinary is an official who has the usual power to deal with wills and probate.