Definitions for ordinals

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ordinals or·di·nal

Spelling: [awr-dn-uh l]

IPA: /ˈɔr dn əl/

Ordinals is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 499 anagrams from letters in ordinals (adilnors).

Definitions for ordinals

noun

1. an ordinal number or numeral.
2. a directory of ecclesiastical services.
3. a book containing the forms for the ordination of priests, consecration of bishops, etc.

adjective

1. of or relating to an order, as of animals or plants.
2. of or relating to order, rank, or position in a series.

Origin of ordinals

1590-1600; Late Latin ōrdinālis in order equivalent to Latin ōrdin- (stem of ōrdō) order + -ālis -al¹

Examples for ordinals

Being adjectives, the ordinal Numbers take the plural j and accusative n when necessary.

Twelve is, 'two and ten;' and twelfth, 'second after the tenth, the ordinal of twelve.'

ordinal numerals are adjectives which answer the question "Which in order?"

A full stop is placed after most abbreviations, after initial letters, and after ordinal numbers in Roman characters.

Others give lists of the cardinal and ordinal numbers in French, and one adds to these a nomenclature of the different colours.

Phauloptera: an ordinal term for the scale insects (Laporte 1835).

If the ordinal expression of number be used on the title-page, the figures may be given, and the ordinal termination omitted.

An 'ordinal' is a book showing the order of church services and ceremonies.

ordinal—That form of the numeral that shows the order of anything in a series.

He was not given the title of king, and no ordinal number followed his name.