ordinal

Definitions


[ˈɔːdɪnl], (Noun)

Definitions:

- a service book, especially one with the forms of service used at ordinations


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Origin:
Middle English (in ordinal): the noun from medieval Latin ordinale (neuter); the adjective from late Latin ordinalis ‘relating to order in a series’, from Latin ordo, ordin- (see order)


[ˈɔːdɪnl], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- relating to the order of something in a series
(e.g: ordinal scales)

- relating to a taxonomic order


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English (in ordinal): the noun from medieval Latin ordinale (neuter); the adjective from late Latin ordinalis ‘relating to order in a series’, from Latin ordo, ordin- (see order)




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