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This word is often used
in Scripture in the sense of a law or statute of sovereign power.
Ex. xv. 25. Num. x. 8. Ezra iii. 10. Its most
frequent application now in the United States is to laws and
regulations of municipal corporations. Wharton (Law
Dict.).

3. (Eccl.) An established rite or
ceremony.

4. Rank; order; station. [Obs.]
Shak.

5. [See Ordnance.] Ordnance;
cannon. [Obs.] Shak.

Or"di*nand` (?), n. [L.
ordinandus, gerundive of ordinare. See Ordain.]
One about to be ordained.

Or"di*nant (?), a. [L. ordinans,
p. pr. of ordinare. See Ordain.] Ordaining;
decreeing. [Obs.] Shak.

Or"di*nant, n. One who
ordains. F. G. Lee.

Or"di*na*ri*ly (?), adv. According
to established rules or settled method; as a rule; commonly; usually;
in most cases; as, a winter more than ordinarily
severe.

Those who ordinarily pride themselves not a
little upon their penetration.

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