“ordinarius”

The following 2 entries include the term ordinarius.

judex ordinarius

noun

: a judicial magistrate having jurisdiction in his own right as a judge as distinguished from a judex appointed for a particular case

professor ordinarius

noun

: a professor of the highest rank at a German university : the occupant of a chair with control over the teaching of a subject and a share in the government of the university


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