Word: Ordinance
How to pronounce: ˈɔːdɪnəns
Noun
Definitions:
1. A piece of legislation enacted by a municipal authority.
Example sentences: "A city ordinance banned smoking in nearly all types of restaurants"
2. An authoritative order; a decree.
Example sentences: "The details regarding the narrow limits that exist on the right to use these rooms and tight controls over them have since been regulated in special state government ordinances in order to prevent misuse."
3. A prescribed religious rite.
Example sentences: "Talmudic ordinances"
Synonyms:
decree
edict
ruling
ukase
law
act
statute
enactment
bill
constitution
resolution
regulation
bylaw
Derivations:
ordination
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Ordinance in Other Languages...
Spanish: Ordenanza
German: Verordnung
French:
Italian: Ordinanza
Turkish: Yönetmelik
