English Explanatory Dictionary

ordinance

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A local law, passed by e.g. a city.
  2. An edict or decree, authoritative order.
  3. Prior to the Third English Civil War, a decree of Parliament.
  4. Detailed legislation that translates the broad principles of the university's charter and statutes into practical effect.
  5. A law enacted by the Hong Kong Legislative Council.
  6. A temporary legislation promulgated by the president on the recommendation of the cabinet.
  7. A religious practice or ritual prescribed by a church.
  8. Alternative form of ordnance (“military equipment, especially artillery”).

Pronunciation

/ˈɔːdɪnəns/ /ˈɔːdnəns/ /ˈoɹdɪnəns/ /ˈoɹdnəns/ en-us-ordinance.ogg

Word forms

ordinance ordinances ordinaunce

Etymology

From Middle English ordinaunce (ca. 1300), from Old French ordenance (“decree, command”) (modern French ordonnance), from Medieval Latin ordinantia, from ordinans, the present participle of ordino (“put in order”) (whence ordain). Doublet of ordonnance.

Synonyms

bylaw

Derived words

antiordinance coordinance Green River Ordinance incontinent ordinance ordnance preordinance

Translations

Bulgarian: указ Bulgarian: декрет Chinese Mandarin: 法令 Chinese Mandarin: 條令 /条令 Chinese Mandarin: 條例 /条例 Finnish: määräys Finnish: käsky French: décret German: Anordnung German: Dekret German: Edikt German: Erlass German: Verfügung German: Verordnung Hungarian: rendelet Indonesian: ordonansi Irish: reacht Japanese: 条令 Japanese: 条例 Kazakh: жарлық Korean: 조례 Korean: 법령 Latin: ordinatio Macedonian: у́каз Macedonian: декре́т Maltese: ordinanza Norwegian Bokmål: forordning Norwegian Nynorsk: forordning Polish: ordynacja Russian: ордона́нс Swedish: förordning Vietnamese: điều lệ
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