ordinance

A local law, passed by e.g. a city.UScountableuncountable

• Alderman Richard Mell then pushed through antipeddling ordinances in the 33rd and 47th wards.

An edict or decree, authoritative order.; Prior to the Third English Civil War, a decree of Parliament.Englandcountableuncountable

An edict or decree, authoritative order.; Detailed legislation that translates the broad principles of the university's charter and statutes into practical effect.CommonwealthUKcountable

An edict or decree, authoritative order.; A law enacted by the Hong Kong Legislative Council.Hong-Kongcountableuncountable

An edict or decree, authoritative order.; A temporary legislation promulgated by the president on the recommendation of the cabinet.IndiaPakistancountable

A religious practice or ritual prescribed by a church.countableuncountable

Alternative form of ordnance (“military equipment, especially artillery”).alt-ofalternativecountable

• Let all the Battlements their Ordinance fire, / The King shal drinke to Hamlets better breath,
• [T]he ſayd gunnes beeing able to hurt but a ſmall diſtance off, and the Iaponians being furniſhed with bꝛazen oꝛdinance vnknowen vnto the Corayans, they pꝛeſently dꝛaue them from their walles, […]