Definition of Ordinance
Ordinance
or·di·nance
Definition/Meaning
(noun)
an authoritative direction, order, or decree, especially a regulation (e.g. a law or ruling) set down by governmental/municipal authority;
e.g. The mayor issued an ordinance to stop all construction work at that location.
(noun)
something that is decreed or determined by fate or a deity;
e.g. He was willing to bear whatever ordinance that was due to him.
(noun)
a prescribed ceremony, rite, or practice, especially one that is religious;
e.g. They observed the religious ordinance and fasted as they always had.
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