ordinance
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.
Ecclesiastical.
an established rite or ceremony.
a sacrament.
the communion.
Origin of ordinance
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Other words from ordinance
- pre·or·di·nance, noun
Words that may be confused with ordinance
- ordinance , ordnance, ordonnance
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How to use ordinance in a sentence
Since then, the Louisville Metro Council unanimously voted to pass “Breonna’s Law,” an ordinance that bans the use of no-knock warrants.
The policing reforms in the Breonna Taylor settlement, explained | Fabiola Cineas | September 17, 2020 | VoxThe ordinance will require that hotels of 200 rooms or more give laid-off employees a chance to apply for positions as they open up before extending offers to others.
Morning Report: A Questionable Stat That’s Guiding Reopening | Voice of San Diego | September 9, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoThe ordinance would not just extend to union workers, but all service and hospitality workers.
City to Weigh Measure Giving Laid-Off Hotel Workers First Shot at Open Jobs | Maya Srikrishnan | September 8, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoThe ordinance also, though, covers conflicts of interest involving future employers.
Barrios Was Paid by Union While Working for Council President | Andrew Keatts and Jesse Marx | September 2, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoIn the years that followed, cities began adopting ordinances that instead split land into economic zones, with distinct areas for industrial activity, commercial businesses, multifamily housing and single-family housing.
Single-Family Zoning’s Century of Supremacy in San Diego | Andrew Keatts | August 26, 2020 | Voice of San Diego
Call 575-8330 and tell the Fayetteville City Council members and Mayor Jordan to vote ‘no’ on ordinance 119.
Michelle Duggar Is Making Transphobic Robocalls | Lizzie Crocker | August 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOlenicoff was looking to spend $100,000 to $250,000 per the city ordinance requirements.
Real Estate Mogul Igor Olenicoff Busted for Art Forgery | Justin Jones | June 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOn October 2011, the prefecture established an ordinance imposing fines and potential jail time.
Japan's Kiddie Porn Empire: Bye-Bye? | Jake Adelstein, Angela Erika Kubo | June 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTC.J. Grisham of OpenCarryTexas.org mostly spoke out against a San Antonio ordinance that outlaws the open carry of loaded weapons.
Gun Rights Advocates Descend on the Alamo for a Well-Armed Gun Rally | Pete Freedman | October 19, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTDC, alas, does not have an ordinance against such plants, though local laws against bamboo are apparently rising in popularity.
Who, by not observing the ordinance of Covenanting would practically say, that it ought to be abolished?
The Ordinance of Covenanting | John CunninghamThat State with which the Church could not be connected, so as to enjoy her own privileges, cannot be the ordinance of God.
The Ordinance of Covenanting | John CunninghamThe friends of truth cannot justifiably persevere in supporting the British Constitution as the ordinance of God.
The Ordinance of Covenanting | John CunninghamWhy is an evil government at one period viewed as the ordinance of God, and at another as worthy of being overthrown?
The Ordinance of Covenanting | John CunninghamThough some approved of them as the ordinance of God, yet, at the Revolution, the nation declared that they were not.
The Ordinance of Covenanting | John Cunningham
British Dictionary definitions for ordinance
/ (ˈɔːdɪnəns) /
an authoritative regulation, decree, law, or practice
Origin of ordinance
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