ordinance
Betekenis (Engels)
- (US) A local law, passed by e.g. a city.
- (England) An edict or decree, authoritative order.
- (Commonwealth, UK) An edict or decree, authoritative order.
- (Hong-Kong) An edict or decree, authoritative order.
- (India, Pakistan) An edict or decree, authoritative order.
- A religious practice or ritual prescribed by a church.
- (alt-of, alternative, proscribed) Alternative form of ordnance (“military equipment, especially artillery”).
Sinonieme
Vertalings
Frekwensie
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ˈɔːdɪnəns/
Etimologie (Engels)
In summary
From Middle English ordinaunce (ca. 1300), from Old French ordenance (“decree, command”) (modern French ordonnance), from Medieval Latin ordinantia, from ordinans, the present participle of ordino (“put in order”) (whence ordain). Doublet of ordonnance.
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