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Definition of Ordinance
1. Noun. An authoritative rule.
Specialized synonyms: Game Law, Age Limit, Assize, Speed Limit
Generic synonyms: Prescript, Rule
2. Noun. A statute enacted by a city government.
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
Derivative terms: Ordain
3. Noun. The act of ordaining; the act of conferring (or receiving) holy orders. "The rabbi's family was present for his ordination"
Generic synonyms: Appointment, Assignment, Designation, Naming
Specialized synonyms: Laying On Of Hands
Group relationships: Holy Order
Derivative terms: Ordain, Ordain
Definition of Ordinance
1. n. Orderly arrangement; preparation; provision.
Definition of Ordinance
1. Noun. a local law or regulation. ¹
2. Noun. a religious practice or ritual prescribed by the church. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ordinance
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Medical Definition of Ordinance
1. 1. Orderly arrangement; preparation; provision. "They had made their ordinance Of victual, and of other purveyance." (Chaucer) 2. A rule established by authority; a permanent rule of action; a statute, law, regulation, rescript, or accepted usage; an edict or decree; especially, a local law enacted by a municipal government; as, a municipal ordinance. "Thou wilt die by God's just ordinance." (Shak) "By custom and the ordinance of times." (Shak) "Walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless." (Luke i. 6) Acts of Parliament are sometimes called ordinances; also, certain colonial laws and certain acts of Congress under Confederation; as, the ordinance of 1787 for the government of the territory of the United States northwest of the Ohio River; the colonial ordinance of 1641, or 1647. This word is often used in Scripture in the sense of a law or statute of sovereign power. . . . Its most frequent application now in the United States is to laws and regulations of municipal corporations. 3. An established rite or ceremony. 4. Rank; order; station. 5. [See Ordnance] Ordnance; cannon. Origin: OE. Ordenance, OF. Ordenance, F. Ordonnance. See Ordain, and cf. Ordnance, Ordonnance. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ordinance
Literary usage of Ordinance
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"That every person violating the provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a
... That this ordinance shall become effective on June 30, 1921. ..."
2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"The bill further charges that the appellant agreed with the mayor and common
council, that if they would pass the ordinance requiring the work to be done, ..."
3. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1920)
"The ordinance was passed August 9, 1918. It Is ^ printed In the margin, ...
The question upon this appeal is: Did the 1 An ordinance to fix and establish ..."
4. OECD Environmental Performance Reviews by OECD., Lorents G. (FRW) Lorentsen, OECD Staff (2004)
"... Act 1990: 013 Act on an Environmental Charge on Emissions o1 Nitrogen Oxides
in Energy Production 1997:185 ordinance on Producer ..."
5. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1885)
"By an ordinance of the State Convention of North Carolina of March 14, 1808,
which it is not necessary to give in detail, it was provided, in effect, ..."
6. A History of the People of the United States: From the Revolution to the by John Bach McMaster (1901)
"The text of the ordinance will be found in the Journals of Congress, July 13,
... For a discussion of the claims to authorship of the ordinance, ..."
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