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ordinal
1[ awr-dn-uhl ]
adjective
- of or relating to an order, as of animals or plants.
- of or relating to order, rank, or position in a series.
noun
- an ordinal number or numeral.
ordinal
2[ awr-dn-uhl ]
noun
- a directory of ecclesiastical services.
- a book containing the forms for the ordination of priests, consecration of bishops, etc.
ordinal
/ ˈɔːdɪnəl /
adjective
- denoting a certain position in a sequence of numbers
- of, relating to, or characteristic of an order in biological classification
noun
- See ordinal numbershort for ordinal number
- a book containing the forms of services for the ordination of ministers
- RC Church a service book
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Other Words From
- ordi·nal·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ordinal1
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
For example, in the ordinal 24th the suffix th is counted as another word.
A full stop is placed after most abbreviations, after initial letters, and after ordinal numbers in Roman characters.
Pie, pī, n. a book which ordered the manner of performing divine service: a service-book: an ordinal.
I reach what M. Couturat calls the ordinal theory which is the foundation of arithmetic properly so called.
Still more, why should they not happen with regard to family, ordinal, and class distinctions?
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