1. (law) a statute enacted by a city government
   "The city council passed an ordinance restricting noise levels after 10 PM"
    
2. An official rule or law, especially one made by a government or authority
   "The city passed an ordinance banning single-use plastic bags";
   - regulation
    
3. The act of ordaining; the act of conferring (or receiving) holy orders
   "The ordinance ceremony welcomed three new priests";
   - ordination

Sounds like: orally, auinance, or

Derived forms: ordinances

Type of: appointment, assignment, designation, legislative act, naming, prescript, rule, statute

Part of: holy order

Encyclopedia: Ordinance