Meaning of in ordinary | Babel Free

Definitions

1. In an official capacity (chiefly as a post-modifier in official titles).
2. Out of commission and laid up; said of a naval vessel.

Examples

“An ambassador in ordinary is one constantly resident at a foreign court.”

“The king experienced his first attack in autumn 1788, and as his condition worsened and the physicians-in-ordinary proved unable to cope or cure, the Reverend Dr Francis Willis (1717–1807), a clergyman doctor who ran a madhouse in Lincolnshire, was called in.”

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