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ordinance definition

or·di·nance (ôrd′'n əns)

noun

  1. a direction or command of an authoritative nature
  2. that which is held to be a decree of fate or of a deity
  3. an established or prescribed practice or usage, esp. a religious rite
  4. ☆ a governmental, now esp. municipal, statute or regulation

Etymology: OFr ordenance < ordener: see ordain

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business ordinance definition - business

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ordinance Synonyms

ordinance

n.

law, statute, directive, mandate; see command 1, law 3. See syn. study at law.


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ordinance Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • resisteth: Whosoever, therefore, resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.

Converse of subject

  • prescribe: The Dean of the Faculty shall be eligible for re-appointment subject to the limitations prescribed by the Ordinances.

Adjective modifier

  • self-denying: The Tories thus need to adopt a self-denying ordinance.

Modifies a noun

  • No.: Ordinance No. 186 embodies the current arrangements for fulfillment of this duty.

Noun used with modifier

  • gospel: Why gospel ordinances are thus signified, I may show more particularly afterward.

Preposition: of

  • baptism: In the New Testament the ordinance of baptism divides the believer from the world.
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