ordinance

noun ordinances · ordinaunce

1. US, countable, uncountable A local law, passed by e.g. a city. Enactive. Expositive. / Art. 57. XIII 2. The Registrative, or say Recordative: exercised, by the arrangements and operations, by which, in conformity to corresponding ordinances and mandates, the accounts, given at different periods by the exercise of the statistic function, are kept in contiguity,

   Similar: bylaw

2. England, countable, uncountable Prior to the Third English Civil War, a decree of Parliament.
3. Commonwealth, UK, countable, uncountable Detailed legislation that translates the broad principles of the university's charter and statutes into practical effect.
4. Hong Kong, countable, uncountable A law enacted by the Hong Kong Legislative Council.
5. India, Pakistan, countable, uncountable A temporary legislation promulgated by the president on the recommendation of the cabinet.
6. countable, uncountable A religious practice or ritual prescribed by a church.
7. alternative, countable, proscribed, uncountable Alternative form of ordnance (“military equipment, especially artillery”). Let all the Battlements their Ordinance fire, / The King shal drinke to Hamlets better breath,