2. Of or pertaining to an order.

Or"di*nal, n. 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.]

Or"di*nal*ism (?), n. The state or quality of being ordinal. [R.]

Latham.

Or"di*nance (?), n. [OE. ordenance, OF. ordenance, F. ordonnance. See

Ordain, and cf. Ordnance, Ordonnance.]

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