ordinance
3 synonyms for ordinance, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — A law made by a local authority, such as a city council.
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ordination
bylaw
Etymology
Came into English via Middle English ordinaunce (around 1300), from Old French ordenance (“decree, command”) — modern French ordonnance — from Medieval Latin ordinantia, from ordinans, the present participle of ordino (“put in order”), the source also of ordain. It is a doublet of ordonnance.
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