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Webster 1913 Edition
Ordinal
Or′di-nal
,Noun.
1.
A word or number denoting order or succession.
2.
(Ch. of Eng.)
The book of forms for making, ordaining, and consecrating bishops, priests, and deacons.
3.
(R. C. Ch.)
A book containing the rubrics of the Mass.
[Written also
ordinale
.] Webster 1828 Edition
Ordinal
OR'DINAL
,Adj.
OR'DINAL
,Noun.
1.
A number noting order.2.
A book containing the order of divine service; a ritual.Definition 2024
ordinal
ordinal
English
Adjective
ordinal (not comparable)
- Of a number, indicating position in a sequence.
- (taxonomy) Of or relating to the groupings called orders.
Derived terms
- ordinal number
- ordinal numeral
- supraordinal, superordinal
Related terms
Coordinate terms
See also
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ordinal on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Level of measurement on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Translations
indicating position in a numerical sequence
Noun
ordinal (plural ordinals)
- An ordinal number such as first, second and third.
- The most common numerals in Latin, as in English, are the "cardinals"...and the "ordinals"... — F. M. Wheelock, Wheelock’s Latin, 6th ed. revised (2005), p97
- A book used in the ordination of Anglican ministers, or in certain Roman Catholic services
Translations
ordinal number
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book
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Anagrams
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Etymology
From Latin ordinalis.
Adjective
ordinal m (feminine singular ordinale, masculine plural ordinaux, feminine plural ordinales)
Portuguese
Adjective
ordinal m, f (plural ordinais, comparable)
- ordinal (indicating position in a numerical sequence)