The usual course of things; normal condition or health; a standard way of behaviour or action.
One of the standard geometric designs placed across the center of a coat of arms, such as a pale or fess.
A part of the Christian liturgy that is reasonably constant without regard to the date on which the service is performed.
A rule, or book of rules, prescribing the order of service, especially of Mass.
A person having immediate jurisdiction in a given case of ecclesiastical law, such as the bishop within a diocese.
The chaplain of Newgate prison, who prepared condemned prisoners for death.
A meal provided for a set price at an eating establishment.
A penny farthing bicycle.
A judge with the authority to deal with cases himself or herself rather than by delegation.
An ordinary person or thing; something commonplace.
Having no special characteristics or function; everyday, common, mundane; often deprecatory.
Being part of the natural order of things; normal, customary, routine.
Having regular jurisdiction; now only used in certain phrases.
Bad or undesirable.
The perfect tense, or a form in that tense.
A perfect score; the achievement of finishing a stage or task with no mistakes.
A leader of the Cathar movement.
To take an action, usually the filing of a document in the correct venue, that secures a legal right.
To make perfect; to improve or hone.
Fitting its definition precisely.
Having all of its parts in harmony with a common purpose.
Of a number: equal to the sum of its proper divisors.
Of flowers, having both male parts (stamens) and female parts (carpels).
Of a set: equal to its set of limit points, i.e. set A is perfect if A=A'.
Sexually mature and fully differentiated.
Made with equal parts of sweet and dry vermouth.
Excellent and delightful in all respects.
Representing a completed action.
Describing an interval or any compound interval of a unison, octave, or fourths and fifths that are not tritones.
Without fault or mistake; thoroughly skilled or talented.