ORDINANCE


Meaning of ORDINANCE in English

■ noun formal

1》 an authoritative order.

↘ N. Amer. a municipal by-law.

2》 a religious rite.

3》 archaic ordonnance.

Origin

ME: from OFr. ordenance , from med. L. ordinantia , from L. ordinare (see ordain ).

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