Synonyms for ordinaries

Grammar : Noun

Spell : awr-dn-er-ee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈɔr dnˌɛr i

Définition of ordinaries

Origin : early 15c., "belonging to the usual order or course," from Old French ordinarie "ordinary, usual" and directly from Latin ordinarius "customary, regular, usual, orderly," from ordo (genitive ordinis) "order" (see order (n.)). Its various noun usages, dating to late 14c. and common until 19c., now largely extinct except in out of the ordinary (1893). In British education, Ordinary level (abbrev. O level), "lowest of the three levels of General Certificate of Education," is attested from 1947. Related: Ordinarily.

As in : noun menu of complete meals

Example sentences :

It is an extra one, and they had better have tea on one of the ordinaries.
Extract from : « The Longest Journey » by E. M. Forster

Stopovers were made either at ordinaries or at the houses of friends.
Extract from : « The Cultural History of Marlborough, Virginia » by C. Malcolm Watkins

Besides, they say the satisfaction that walks in the ordinaries is counterfeit.
Extract from : « A Select Collection of Old English Plays (11 of 15) » by W. Carew Hazlitt

Then the Commons presented their supplication against the ordinaries.
Extract from : « Ten Tudor Statesmen » by Arthur D. Innes

Even this will not hold with the ordinaries which have been quoted.
Extract from : « A Complete Guide to Heraldry » by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies

With the Billet, the Ordinaries, uncertain as they are in number, may be said to end.
Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 » by Various

Lights had to be out,—or hidden,—especially in the ordinaries.
Extract from : « Stage-coach and Tavern Days » by Alice Morse Earle

When the line is used to form one of the ordinaries, it is said to be embattled.
Extract from : « The Manual of Heraldry; Fifth Edition » by Anonymous

Ye have been at the ordinaries, and in Alsatia, and learned the ruffian's rant, I doubt not.
Extract from : « The Fortunes of Nigel » by Sir Walter Scott

Ordinaries are commanded to make inquiry by themselves or by others every year, and to see that this canon is observed.
Extract from : « Parish Priests and Their People in the Middle Ages in England » by Edward L. Cutts

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