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ordinary

1. Law having regular or ex officio jurisdiction

2. Maths (of a differential equation) containing two variables only and derivatives of one of the variables with respect to the other

3. Civil law a judge who exercises jurisdiction in his own right

4. an ecclesiastic, esp a bishop, holding an office to which certain jurisdictional powers are attached

5. RC Church

a. the parts of the Mass that do not vary from day to day

b. a prescribed form of divine service, esp the Mass

6. History a clergyman who visited condemned prisoners before their death

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