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ordinance

or·di·nance

UK/ˈɔːdɪnəns/ US/ˈɔːdnəns/ uncommon uk us

noun

1.
2.

a statute enacted by a city government

3.

the act of ordaining; the act of conferring (or receiving) holy orders

  • “the rabbi”
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Origin

From Middle English ordinaunce (ca. 1300), from Old French ordenance (“decree, command”) (modern French ordonnance), from Medieval Latin ordinantia, from ordinans, the present participle of ordino (“put in order”) (whence ordain). Doublet of ordonnance.

Phrases

  • Green River Ordinance
  • incontinent ordinance

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