ORD 
{pear ; the bend and bar, his belt; the feffe, his fcarf ; the 
crofs and faltier, his {word ; the chevron, his boots and fpurs 5 
and the bordure and orle, his coat of mail. 
As to the allotting or diftributing of thefe ordinaries, fome 
authors write, that when a gentleman, having | behaved him- 
felf gallantly in fight, was prefented to the prince, or gene- 
ral, and a fuitable coat-armour ordered him; if he were 
‘wounded in the head, they gave him a chief; if in the legs 
chevron; and if his fword and armour were 
difcoloured with the blood of the enemies, a crofs or 
bordure. 
Some heralds have rele to increafe the number of 
honourable ordinaries to twent ys adding to thofe above 
mentioned, the Alain quarter, the gtron, ae — cappe 
dexter and finifter, emmanch dexter and finifter, chauffe 
dexter and finifter, and the point. But ee are not yet 
authorifed. 
writers diftinguifh ordinaries into Aonourable and 
Honourable ordinaries, which are the principal 
dry, they define as made of lines only ; 
which, according to their difpofition and form, receive dif- 
ferent names. Of thefe they reckon nine, viz. the chief; 
pale, bend, bend finifler, fefsy bar, ced ig au and. falter. 
he /ubordinate ordinaries are ent ic yaa 
frequently ufed in coats of ame, per diinguithed b y pe- 
culiar terms: thefe are the giron, canton, fret, a orle, in- 
cists treffure, fs “fafques, woiders, oxenge, fufil, 
r. Edm ondfon reckons nineteen ordinaries; viz. chief, 
pale, bend, fefs, bar, border, — flafque , flanch, voider, 
crofs, faltier, chevron, fret, p re on, quarter, canton, and 
Jie or label; which fee refp oe’ 
O . See Co. ies 
ORDINATES, in Geometry ay Ge are lines drawn 
fro om any point of the circumference of an ellipfis, or other 
conic fetion, perpendicularly acrofs the axis, to the other 
fide. 
The Latins call them ordinatim applicat. 
The halves of each of thefe are propery only femi-ordi- 
nates, though popularly called ordinat 
The ordinates of a curve may more e generally be defined 
to be right lines parallel to one another, terminated by the 
curve, and bifected by a right line called the diameter. 
curves of the fecond order; if any two -parallel right lines 
be drawn fo as to meet the curve in three points; a right 
line which cuts dee parallels fo, as that the fum of two 
parts terminating at the curve on one fide the fecant, is 
equal to the third part terminated at the curve on the other 
fide; will cut all other right lines parallel to thefe, and that 
meet the curve in three points, after the fame manner, 2. e. 
fo as that the fum of the two parts on one fide will 
always be equal to the third part on the other fide. And 
thefe three parts, equal on either fide, fir [faac Newton 
calls ordinatim ‘applica, or ordinates of curves of the fecond 
orde 
CURVE 
OR ATE in a Parabola, Hyperbola, and Ellipfis. See the 
refpelive articles 
ORDINATE Ratio, is that in which the antecedent of the 
firft nok is to its ie ai as the antecedent of the fecond 
is to its confequent 
ORDINATI ION, the a& of conferring holy orders; 
“el s initiating a candidate into the diaconate, or prieft- 
As to the qualification of the perfons to be ordained, fee 
Deacon and Pr 
The form of ordination in the church of England is an- 
nexed to the book of Common Prayer, and the authority 
-admitted to 
ll 
ORD 
of it ere by 5 & 6 Edw. VI. c. 1. 8 Ejiz. cr. 
by art. 36. he thirty-nine articles, 2 the ei. ss 
and alfo an he of Uniformity, 1 14 Car II. 
This ac des that all iene a . be made 
thirty-nine articles fhall be conftrued to extend (to uching 
the ‘ae article above- mentioned), to the book sone 
the form and manner of making, ordaining, and confecrat- 
ing of Gihoes priefts, and deacons in this a& mentioned, as 
the fame did ark extend unto the book fet forth j in 
the time of king Edward VI. 
: is gas. aa are to ordination, by 1 Eliz. c. 1, 
. that every perfon taking orders, fhall take 
nin oaths of allegiance rie {upremacy before the ordinary 
or commiffary : an Fie aye Z. C. 12. none eee be 
the o r miniftry 
the facraments. By can. rs no aa ‘fhall be received 
into the miniftry, es he fhall firft fub{cribe to the fol- 
lowing articles : hat the king’s majefty, under God, 
is the only carene governor of this realm, and of all other 
his highnefs’ s domini ions and countries, as well in all i dabsined 
ate or Serena “hathe 
n, power, fuperiority, pre- 
eminence or authority, ecclefiattical or daria within his 
majefty’s faid realms, dominions and countri 2. That the 
book of Common ie hie and of ordering of bithops, a 
3- That he alloweth the book of articles of religion agreed 
upon by the archbifhops and bifhops of both provinces, and 
the whole clergy, in the convocation holden at London, in 
the year of our Lord 1562; and that he acknow- 
ledgeth all and every the articles therein contained, being in 
number sae befides the ratification to be agreeable 
to the word of God is fubfcription is to be made be- 
fore the bifhop himfelf. And for the avoiding all ambigui- 
ties, that perfon fhall fubfcribe in this form and order of 
words, fetting down both his chriftian and furname, viz. 
o willingly and ex animo fubfcribe to thefe three 
articles above-mentioned, and‘to all things that are eg 
in t nd if any ‘bithop fhall ordain any, except he 
fhall ‘irl have fo fubfcribed, he fhall be ii eaied From 
giving of orders for the fpace of twelve months. By can. 31- 
the ordination, as well of deacons as minifters, fhall be per- 
formed in the time of divine fervice, in the prefence not 
only of the archdeacon, but of the dean and two preben- 
daries at the leaft, or (if by any lawful caufe they thall 
happen to be let or hindered) in the'prefence of four other 
grave perfons, being mafters of the arts at the leaft, and 
allowed for public preachers. In practice a lefs number 
than is required, either by the ftat. 2r Hen. VIII. c. 13. 
or by the forefaid canon, is fometimes admitted; by virtue, 
as it is faid, of the rubric in the: office of ordntion, which: 
Lam! 
fufficeth by this br which is eftablifhed by the act of 
parliament of the For other particulars,, 
fee the form of edtnada saleady cited, and the articles 
rns oe PRI eae 
The council of Rome, in 744, orders that no ordina- 
tions fhall ie held eo | on ne firft, fourth, eieut, _— 
