Meaning
A person with authority; authority, ordinance.
Etymology
Origin: Latin
From Anglo-Norman ordenarie, ordenaire et al., Middle French ordinaire, and their source, Medieval Latin ordinarius, noun use of Latin ōrdinārius (“regular, orderly”), from ōrdō (“order”).
Synonyms & Antonyms
Antonyms
extraordinaryspecial
NYT Puzzle Appearances
Accepted in 2 recorded puzzles, including a pangram: