A person with authority; authority, ordinance. • A person having immediate jurisdiction in a given case of ecclesiastical law, such as the bishop within a diocese. • A courier; someone delivering mail or post. • A judge with the authority to deal with cases himself or herself rather than by delegation. • The chaplain of Newgate prison, who prepared condemned prisoners for death. • Something ordinary or regular. • Customary fare, one's regular daily allowance of food; (hence) a regular portion or allowance. • A meal provided for a set price at an eating establishment. • A place where such meals are served; a public tavern, inn. • One of the standard geometric designs placed across the center of a coat of arms, such as a pale or fess. • An ordinary person or thing; something commonplace. • The usual course of things; normal condition or health; a standard way of behaviour or action. • A penny farthing bicycle. • A part of the Christian liturgy that is reasonably constant without regard to the date on which the service is performed. • Alternative letter-case form of Ordinary (“those parts of the Mass which are consistent from day to day”). • A book setting out ordinary or regular conduct. • A devotional manual; a book setting our rules for proper conduct. • A rule, or book of rules, prescribing the order of a liturgy, especially of Mass.