or|di|nance

or|di|nance
or|di|nance «AWR duh nuhns», noun.
1. a rule or law made by authority, especially one adopted and enforced by a municipal or other local authority; decree: »

a traffic ordinance. Some cities have ordinances forbidding the use of soft coal. Freedom of religious worship was guaranteed to all settlers in the Northwest Territory by the Ordinance of 1787 (Ray Allen Billington).

SYNONYM(S): regulation, canon.
2. an established religious ceremony, especially the sacrament of Holy Communion.
3. what is ordained or decreed by God or by fate.
4. Archaic. irection or management.
[Middle English ordynaunce < Old French ordenance < Latin ōrdināre arrange, regulate; see etym. under ordain (Cf.ordain)]

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