ordinance: Meaning and Definition of
or•di•nance
Pronunciation: (ôr'dn-uns), [key] - an authoritative rule or law; a decree or command.
- a public injunction or regulation: a city ordinance against excessive horn blowing.
- something believed to have been ordained, as by a deity or destiny.
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- an established rite or ceremony.
- a sacrament.
- the communion.
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