ordinance

CEFRB2

/ˈɔːdɪnəns/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    An official rule or law made by a local government.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    An edict or decree, authoritative order., Prior to the Third English Civil War, a decree of Parliament.

Examples

  • The attempts to overturn the ordinance still need to be passed by Congress.

  • The new ordinance has been repealed.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
1

Also pronounced

  • /ˈoɹdɪnəns/
  • /ˈoɹdnəns/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  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.

More examples

In context

  • Alderman Richard Mell then pushed through antipeddling ordinances in the 33rd and 47th wards.

  • Let all the Battlements their Ordinance fire, / The King shal drinke to Hamlets better breath,

  • The battered walls of Fort Sumter were reinforced, and heavier caliber ordinance was mounted in the embrasures, doubling the firepower, […]

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

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.