Antonyms for ordinance

Grammar : Noun

Spell : awr-dn-uhns

Phonetic Transcription : ˈɔr dn əns

Definition of ordinance

Origin : c.1300, "an authoritative direction, decree, or command" (narrower or more transitory than a law), from Old French ordenance (Modern French ordonnance) or directly from Medieval Latin ordinantia, from Latin ordinantem (nominative ordinans), present participle of ordinare "put in order" (see ordain). By early 14c. senses had emerged of "arrangement in ranks or rows" (especially in order of battle), also "warlike provisions, equipment" (a sense now in ordnance).

noun law, rule

Example sentences :

And the sacred "ordinance," with all other proprieties, was left in ruins that day.
Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson

"If there were not an ordinance against the hurling of missiles," finished the widower.
Extract from : « The Gentleman From Indiana » by Booth Tarkington

"Your Majesty's ordinance as to duelling is receiving our best attention," he assured me.
Extract from : « The Prisoner of Zenda » by Anthony Hope

Where is an ordinance about pleasure similar to that about pain to be found in your laws?
Extract from : « Laws » by Plato

It is the old Icelandic ordinance, but it has gone from Iceland.
Extract from : « The Little Manx Nation - 1891 » by Hall Caine

Now, on what authority shall this part of the ordinance, viz.
Extract from : « Journal of a Residence at Bagdad » by Anthony Groves

I thought my trouble was over when that ordinance was passed.
Extract from : « Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail » by Ezra Meeker

"That ordinance was changed two years ago," replied the chairman.
Extract from : « A Woman for Mayor » by Helen M. Winslow

The father of the child, if he be an elder, is expected to participate in the ordinance.
Extract from : « Jesus the Christ » by James Edward Talmage

The ordinance of South Carolina had been called a "pacific measure."
Extract from : « Memoir of the Life of John Quincy Adams. » by Josiah Quincy

Synonyms for ordinance

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