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noun

Say it like: Ord-ina-ls

The correct spelling is ordinals. An ordinal number such as first, second and third. For example: "The most common numerals in Latin, as in English, are the "cardinals"...and the "ordinals"... — F. M. Wheelock, Wheelock’s Latin, 6th ed. revised (2005), p97"

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The most common numerals in Latin, as in English, are the "cardinals"...and the "ordinals"... — F. M. Wheelock, Wheelock’s Latin, 6th ed. revised (2005), p97

Definition

noun

  1. 1.An ordinal number such as first, second and third.
  2. 2.A book used in the ordination of Anglican ministers, or in certain Roman Catholic services

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