ordinance
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
ordinance/ˈɔːdɪnəns/
▶noun formal
- 1 an authoritative order.
■ N. Amer. a municipal by-law.
- 2 a religious rite.
- 3 archaic ordonnance.
'ordinance' also found in these Oxford entries:
act
- capitulary
- constitution
- ordnance
- ordonnance
- pragmatic sanction
- prescript
- size
- tradition
- ukase
