See Also: ordinance(medicine)
Ordinance(money)
ordinance(dictionary)
ordinance(dictionary)
Ordinance(law)
Companies Act or Ordinance(finance)
ORDINANCE OF 1787(law)

ordinance (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: ordenance 'arranging', from Latin ordinare; ORDAIN]
AmE a law, usually of a city or town, that forbids or restricts an activity
::a city ordinance that says parks must be closed at 11 p.m.
an order given by a ruler or governing organization
::a Royal ordinance