Ordinance Synonyms

ôrdn-əns
A principle governing affairs within or among political units
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. law
  2. canon
  3. decree
  4. edict
  5. institute
  6. precept
  7. prescription
  8. regulation
  9. rule
The act of ordaining; the act of conferring (or receiving) holy orders
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. law
  2. statute
  3. act
  4. enactment
  5. canon
  6. directive
  7. regulation
  8. ordination
  9. code
  10. mandate
  11. order
  12. ruling

Words Related to Ordinance

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. command
  2. statutes
  3. acts
  4. by-law

Ordinance Sentence Examples

  • In 1394 the Ordinance respecting annual elections was repealed by the king (Richard II.).

  • After the adoption of the North-West Ordinance the work of settlement made rapid progress.

  • The ordinance of Orleans was enforced.

  • An ordinance of secession was passed on the 9th of January 1861, and the constitution was soon amended to conform to the new constitution of the Confederate States.

  • This system admits that the pope represents the unity of the Church, and acknowledges his primacy, but only in the sense that he is primus inter pares; while at the same time it claims on behalf of the bishops that, in virtue of the divine ordinance, they possess an inalienable right to a share in the government of the Church (see Episcopacy).

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