"ordinance" in the noun sense
1. regulation, ordinance
an authoritative rule
2. ordinance
a statute enacted by a city government
3. ordination, ordinance
the act of ordaining the act of conferring (or receiving) holy orders
"the rabbi's family was present for his ordination"
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