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Word: Ordinance
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
Middle English (also in the sense ‘arrangement in ranks’): from Old French ordenance, from medieval Latin ordinantia, from Latin ordinare ‘put in order’ (see ordain)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈɔːd(ɪ)nəns
Dialects: British English
Definition:
an authoritative order.
Short Definition:authoritative order
Definition:
a religious rite
Short Definition:religious rite
Examples:- his strict observance of religious ordinances was no doubt quickened by the remorse he felt
Short Definition:
ordonnance
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