noun · countable / uncountable · rare

ordinance

ordinance · ordinances

указ, постанова, розпорядження

постановление, указ, распоряжение, ордонанс

Verfügung, Verordnung, Anordnung, Ritus

A local law, passed by e.gA local law, passed by e.g. a city.

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UK/ˈɔːdɪnəns/US/ˈoɹdɪnəns/

» The new ordinance has been repealed.

Die neue Verordnung ist widerrufen worden.

Meaning

6 senses

(US, countable, uncountable)A local law, passed by e.g. a city.
Verfügung, Verordnung
постановле́ниеpostanovlénije, ука́зukáz, распоряже́ниеrasporjažénije
розпоря́дженняrozporjádžennja, ука́зukáz, постано́ваpostanóva
An edict or decree, authoritative order.
(England, countable, uncountable)Prior to the Third English Civil War, a decree of Parliament.
(Commonwealth, UK, countable, uncountable)Detailed legislation that translates the broad principles of the university's charter and statutes into practical effect.
(Hong Kong, countable, uncountable)A law enacted by the Hong Kong Legislative Council.
(India, Pakistan, countable, uncountable)A temporary legislation promulgated by the president on the recommendation of the cabinet.
(countable, uncountable)A religious practice or ritual prescribed by a church.
Ritus
обря́дobrjád, ордона́нсordonáns

More definitions

a statute enacted by a city government
the act of ordaining; the act of conferring (or receiving) holy orders
an authoritative command

Examples

4 sentences

The new ordinance has been repealed.
deDie neue Verordnung ist widerrufen worden.
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From today on this ordinance is history.
deVon heute an ist diese Verordnung Geschichte.
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The attempts to overturn the ordinance still need to be passed by Congress.
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The commandments and the ordinances of the Lord were written on the tablets of your hearts.
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Translations

7 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

a local law or regulation:

Русский

By meaning 3

edict, decree, order:

a local law or regulation:

a religious practice or ritual prescribed by the church:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

edict, decree, order:

a religious practice or ritual prescribed by the church:

Origin

From Middle English ordinaunce (ca. 1300), from Old French ordenance (“decree, command”) (

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.

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