ordinance 音标拼音: ['ɔrdənəns]
n . 法令,条例,圣餐礼
法令,条例,圣餐礼
ordinance n 1 :
an authoritative rule [
synonym : {
regulation }, {
ordinance }]
2 :
a statute enacted by a city government 3 :
the act of ordaining ;
the act of conferring (
or receiving )
holy orders ; "
the rabbi '
s family was present for his ordination " [
synonym : {
ordination }, {
ordinance }]
Ordinance \
Or "
di *
nance \,
n . [
OE .
ordenance ,
OF .
ordenance ,
F .
ordonnance .
See {
Ordain },
and cf . {
Ordnance }, {
Ordonnance }.]
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1 .
Orderly arrangement ;
preparation ;
provision . [
Obs .]
--
Spenser .
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They had made their ordinance Of victual ,
and of other purveyance . --
Chaucer .
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2 .
A rule established by authority ;
a permanent rule of action ;
a statute ,
law ,
regulation ,
rescript ,
or accepted usage ;
an edict or decree ;
esp .,
a local law enacted by a municipal government ;
as ,
a municipal ordinance .
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Thou wilt die by God '
s just ordinance . --
Shak .
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By custom and the ordinance of times . --
Shak .
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Walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless . --
Luke i .
6 .
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Note :
Acts of Parliament are sometimes called ordinances ;
also ,
certain colonial laws and certain acts of Congress under Confederation ;
as ,
the ordinance of 1787 for the government of the territory of the United States northwest of the Ohio River ;
the colonial ordinance of 1641 ,
or 1647 .
This word is often used in Scripture in the sense of a law or statute of sovereign power . --
Ex .
xv .
25 . --
Num .
x .
8 . --
Ezra iii .
10 .
Its most frequent application now in the United States is to laws and regulations of municipal corporations .
--
Wharton (
Law Dict .).
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3 . (
Eccl .)
An established rite or ceremony .
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4 .
Rank ;
order ;
station . [
Obs .] --
Shak .
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5 . [
See {
Ordnance }.]
Ordnance ;
cannon . [
Obs .] --
Shak .
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90 Moby Thesaurus words for "
ordinance ":
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 ORDINANCE ,
legislation .
A law ,
a statute ,
a decree .
2 .
This word is more usually applied to the laws of a corporation ,
than to the acts of the legislature ;
as the ordinances of the city of Philadelphia .
The following account of the difference between a statute and an ordinance is extracted from Bac .
Ab .
Statute ,
A . "
Where the proceeding consisted only of a petition from parliament ,
and an answer from the king ,
these were entered on the parliament roll ;
and if the matter was of a public nature ,
the whole was then styled an ordinance ;
if ,
however ,
the petition and answer were not only of a public ,
but a novel nature ,
they were then formed into an act by the king ,
with the aid of his council and judges ,
and entered on the statute roll ."
See Harg . &
But .
Co .
Litt .
l59 b ,
notis ;
3 Reeves ,
Hist .
Eng .
Law ,
146 .
3 .
According to Lord Coke ,
the difference between a statute and an ordinance is ,
that the latter has not had the assent of the king ,
lords ,
and commons ,
but is made merely by two of those powers .
4 Inst .
25 .
See Barr .
on Stat .
41 ,
note (
x ).
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