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Indicating order or succession; as, the ordinal numbers, first, second, third, etc.

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  1. a. Indicating order or succession; as, the ordinal numbers, first, second, third, etc.
  2. a. Of or pertaining to an order.
  3. n. A word or word/number">number denoting order or succession.
  4. n. The book of forms for making, ordaining, and consecrating bishops, priests, and deacons.
  5. n. A book containing the rubrics of the Mass.
  6. adj. of or relating to a taxonomic order
  7. adj. being or denoting a numerical order in a series
  8. n. the number designating place in an ordered sequence
  9. 1. word/indicating">Indicating word/order">order or succession; as, the ordinal numbers, first, second, third, etc. 2. Of or pertaining to an order. 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.]
  10. The book of forms for making, ordaining, and consecratingbishops, priests, and deacons.
  11. j:100 a. of or relating to a taxonomic order a. being or denoting a numerical order in a series