资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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}.]