'ordinance' definitions:
Definition of 'ordinance'
From: WordNet
noun
An authoritative rule [syn: regulation, ordinance]
noun
A statute enacted by a city government
noun
The act of ordaining; the act of conferring (or receiving) holy orders; "the rabbi's family was present for his ordination" [syn: ordination, ordinance]
Synonyms of 'ordinance'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- act,
- appointment,
- bill,
- brevet,
- bull,
- bylaw,
- canon,
- ceremonial,
- ceremony,
- code,
- commandment,
- convention,
- declaration,
- decree,
- decree-law,
- decreement,
- decretal,
- decretum,
- dictate,
- dictation,
- dictum,
- diktat,
- duty,
- edict,
- edictum,
- enactment,
- fiat,
- form,
- form of worship,
- formality,
- formula,
- formulary,
- function,
- general principle,
- golden rule,
- guideline,
- guiding principle,
- holy rite,
- imperative,
- institution,
- ipse dixit,
- jus,
- law,
- legislation,
- lex,
- liturgy,
- maxim,
- measure,
- mitzvah,
- mode of worship,
- moral,
- mystery,
- norm,
- observance,
- office,
- order of worship,
- ordonnance,
- practice,
- precept,
- prescribed form,
- prescript,
- prescription,
- principium,
- principle,
- proclamation,
- pronouncement,
- pronunciamento,
- regulation,
- rescript,
- rite,
- ritual,
- ritual observance,
- rituality,
- rubric,
- rule,
- ruling,
- sacrament,
- sacramental,
- senatus consult,
- senatus consultum,
- service,
- settled principle,
- solemnity,
- standard,
- standing order,
- statute,
- tenet,
- ukase,
- working principle,
- working rule