ordinance
noun
[ ˈɔːdɪnəns ]
• an authoritative order.
Similar:
edict,
decree,
law,
injunction,
fiat,
command,
order,
rule,
ruling,
dictum,
dictate,
directive,
mandate,
enactment,
statute,
act,
canon,
regulation,
ukase,
pronunciamento,
• a religious rite.
• "his strict observance of religious ordinances was no doubt quickened by the remorse he felt"
• archaic term for ordonnance.
Origin:
Middle English (also in the sense ‘arrangement in ranks’): from Old French ordenance, from medieval Latin ordinantia, from Latin ordinare ‘put in order’ (see ordain).
