with no special or distinctive features; normal

he sets out to depict ordinary people

it was just an ordinary evening

(especially of a judge or bishop) exercising authority by virtue of office and not by deputation

what is commonplace or standard

their clichés were vested with enough emotion to elevate them above the ordinary

a judge who exercises authority by virtue of office and not by deputation

a member of the clergy, such as an archbishop in a province or a bishop in a diocese, with immediate jurisdiction

those parts of a Roman Catholic service, especially the Mass, which do not vary from day to day

any of the simplest principal charges used in coats of arms (especially chief, pale, bend, fess, bar, chevron, cross, saltire)

a meal provided at a fixed time and price at an inn

a penny-farthing bicycle