ordinal

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This new Ordinal was in fact already prepared when the Prayer Book was issued, and on January 5, 1550, a Bill to sanction it was introduced into the House of Peers.

From Breaking with the Past Catholic Principles Abandoned at the Reformation by Farley, John Cardinal

The wonderful and rapid development of the international expositions may be recognized by the following statistics, compiled from the annals of their short history: Ordinal Year.

From By Water to the Columbian Exposition by Wisthaler, Johanna S.

In Compound Ordinal Numbers, the groups of hundreds, tens, units, etc., are joined by hyphens, and the ending -a is added to the unit numeral.

From Esperanto Self-Taught with Phonetic Pronunciation by Mann, William W.

The Ordinal does not belong to the Prayer Book proper, but has a separate identity of its own.

From A Short History of the Book of Common Prayer by Huntington, William Reed

Thomas Norton, the author of The Ordinal of Alchemy, writing in the 15th century, says the worker in transmutations is often tempted to be in a hurry, or to despair, and he is often deceived.

From The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry by Muir, M. M. Pattison