| 单词 | ordinance |
| 释义 | ordinance /awr"dn euhns/, n. 1. an authoritative rule or law; a decree or command. 2. a public injunction or regulation: a city ordinance against excessive horn blowing. 3. something believed to have been ordained, as by a deity or destiny. 4. Eccles. a. an established rite or ceremony. b. a sacrament. c. the communion. [1275-1325; ME ordinaunce ( < OF ordenance) < ML ordinantia, deriv. of L ordinant- (s. of ordinans), prp. of ordinare to arrange. See ORDINATION, -ANCE] Syn. 1, 2. order. |
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