ordinance
pronunciation
How to pronounce ordinance in British English:
UK [ˈɔ:dɪnəns]
How to pronounce ordinance in American English:
US [ˈɔrdɪnəns]
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- Noun:
- an authoritative rule
- a statute enacted by a city government
- the act of ordaining; the act of conferring (or receiving) holy orders
Word Origin
- ordinance (n.)
- c. 1300, "an authoritative direction, decree, or command" (narrower or more transitory than a law), from Old French ordenance (Modern French ordonnance) or directly from Medieval Latin ordinantia, from Latin ordinantem (nominative ordinans), present participle of ordinare "put in order" (see ordain). By early 14c. senses had emerged of "arrangement in ranks or rows" (especially in order of battle), also "warlike provisions, equipment" (a sense now in ordnance).
Example
- 1. And yet mr. sch ? Nherr opposes the new ordinance .
- 2. Some 200 say they will ignore the new ordinance .
- 3. The so-called apostolic constitution ( the highest form of pontifical ordinance ) creates a new entity that transcends diocesan boundaries : the " personal ordinariate " , similar to the " military ordinariates " for roman catholics in the armed forces .
- 4. In may the suburb of farmers branch approved an ordinance that would require landlords to verify the legal status of prospective tenants .
- 5. Besides , because this is a municipal rather than a federal ordinance , it is bound to be leaky .