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   ordinance

   /ˈɔːd(ɪ)nəns/

   noun

   • 1. an authoritative order. Similar edictdecreelawinjunctionfiatcommandorderrulerulingdictumdictatedirectivemandateenactmentstatuteactcanonregulationukasepronunciamento
   • ▪ a municipal by-law: North American "they issued an ordinance limiting the length of nets"
   • 2. a religious rite: "his strict observance of religious ordinances was no doubt quickened by the remorse he felt" Similar riteritualceremonysacramentobservanceserviceusageinstitutionpractice
   • 3. archaic term for ordonnance

   Word Origin Middle English (also in the sense ‘arrangement in ranks’): from Old French ordenance, from medieval Latin ordinantia, from Latin ordinare ‘put in order’ (see ordain).

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