Middle English Dictionary Entry
ordinārī(e adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | ordinārī(e adj. Also ordenari(e. |
| Etymology | L ordinārius adj. & OF ordinaire, ordenaire. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Regular, customary; ~ charges, regular expenses; (b) orderly, logical.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)25a/a : Ouer þat in flegmone often tymez comeþ yuel accidentz which peruerteþ & chaungeþ þe ordinarie [Ch.(2): ordynate; L ordinariam] cure, as is grete akyng when it is in a sensible membre.
- (1431) Proc.Privy C.4.94 : Paiementz..muste be maad of good suche as may be geten þere by meenes ordinarie or extraordinarie, as fyns of pardon or oþer suche.
- (1433) RParl.4.432a : The Revenuz and Proffitz, ordinarie and extraordinarie, certain or casuell, that growith to you on any behalf suffisith not to the birdon and assiethyng of youre ordinarie yeerly Charges.
- (1450) RParl.5.179b : Ye be gretely empoverished, the expenses of your honorable Houshold and the wages and fees of youre menyall Servauntez not paied, youre Warderobe, the reparations of youre Castelles and Maners, and your other ordynarie charges were not had satisfied nor doo.
- (1472-3) RParl.6.55b : Also that the said Maire, Feliship and Merchauntes, and their Successours..have..first xvc li. therof, over the said ordinarie wages, Collectours and Countrollers fees and rewardes, and conductes afore specified.
- (1474) RParl.6.101b : The seid Maire, Felisship, and Marchaunts to perceyve and reteyne..the said somme..for the said ordynarie payments of..the Kyng's Lieutenaunt and Souldeours.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)12354 : The planetys..travaylle to resyste To the heuene callyd 'mobyle'..Ther tabyde stacionarye Out off ther cours ordynarye.
- (a1475) Fortescue Gov.E.(LdMisc 593)120 : The kynges yerely expenses stonden in charges ordinarie and in charges extra ordinarie.
- (a1475) Fortescue Gov.E.(LdMisc 593)121 : The ordenarie charges..be thies: the kynges housholde, his warderobe.
- a1500 Chartier Treat.Hope (Rwl A.338)122/5 : His iustice is thyne ordenary iuge, but His mercy He made a party.
b
- c1475 Body Pol.(Cmb Kk.1.5)100/11 : It is syttyng to a prynce that he be experte in fayir langage sette by grete wysedomes and ordinary reasons.
2.
Eccl. (a) Of authority, jurisdiction, power: possessed by virtue of tenure of office, ex-officio; (b) of a person: possessing authority as a result of tenure of office; ~ bishop, the bishop of a diocese; ~ persoune, a parish priest; (c) obedience ~, obedience required of the secular clergy, obedience due an ecclesiastical official by virtue of his office.
Associated quotations
a
- (1440) Visit.Alnwick176 : Wyllyam..bysshope of Lincolne..Now late visityng by our auctoryte ordinarye yowe and your saide priorye..fonde..certeyn defautes.
- (1442) Visit.Alnwick51 : We now late visityng, by our ordynarye powere, yowe and your saide pryory, have founde many and dyverse thynges among yowe agayn your prymary institucyone.
- (1446) Doc.Finchale in Sur.Soc.673 : We will, as patrons of the said kirke, giff our consenntt and goode will undre our common seall that our right wirshipfull Lorde cardinall of Yorke by hys auctoritee ordinary assigne to the said vicar a competent porcion yherly.
- c1460 Oseney Reg.88/26 : My lorde Archedecun of oxonforde, by ordinary Jurisdiccion knowyng, in þe cawse þe which vppon a mortuary is i-sterid, bitwene religiouse men, thabbot and couent of Oseney..and Robert Synat, Thomas yenge.
- c1460 Oseney Reg.198/10 : Olyuere, By the mercy of God, Bisshop of lincoln, by ordinarie auctorite knowyng, in plee þe which was bitwene religiouse men, [etc.].
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)2627 : Folk sholde taken hede, The swerd of cursynge for to drede..specyally Whan..he that doth yt hath power To execute yt fer & ner, By ordynarye auctoryte.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)167/15 : Þe fore-seide delegate..bi þe auctorite of þe pope committid & also ordinarie to him..ordeinid þat þe fore-seide maistur Iohn sholde pai..þe fore-seide pension.
b
- (a1402) Trev.DCur.(Hrl 1900)40/15 : Þe ix conclusioun, & þe secunde in þis mater, is þis: for parischons of eny chirche to schryue hem onlich to oon persone, þe ordenarye persone is more worþi to be chosen þan eny freres persone.
- (1457) Lin.DDoc.97/37 : As soone as I can haue knawlige or vndirstandyng of any suche bokes or of any suche persones of suche heresy errours and of thair opinions, withoute fraude, gyle, or deceyte, I shal make knawlige to the ordinary Bisshop of the diocyse wher thay be vsed.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)3204 : They be nat but ordynarye, Commyttyd, ther offys for to do..ffor they hadde pleyn power Off the vyker pryncypal.
c
- (1447) Doc.N.Convocation in Sur.Soc.113180 : If ony provision be maad to ony persone of Religion, or to any other persone, of exemption of obedience Regulier, or of obedience ordinarie, that the provisour that accepteth or enjoyeth ony such provision, shall reune into the peyne comprised in a Statute of Provisours maad the xiij yere of the said King Richarde.