ordinal adj
1. of or relating to a taxonomic order; "family and ordinal names of animals and plants"
2. being or denoting a numerical order in a series; "ordinal numbers"; "held an ordinal rank of seventh" [ant: cardinal] n : the number designating place in an ordered sequence [syn: ordinal number, no.]

Ordinal \Or"di*nal\, a. [L. ordinalis, fr. ordo, ordinis, order. See Order.]
1. Indicating order or succession; as, the ordinal numbers, first, second, third, etc.
2. Of or pertaining to an order.

Ordinal \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.]

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