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▪ I. ordinance, n.|ˈɔːdɪnəns|
Also 4–6 orden-, ordyn-, (4 ordren-, 5 ordeyn-), 5–8 ordon-, (6 ordonn-), 6–8 ordn-; 4–5 -aunse, 4–6 -aunce, -ans, 5 -auns, -anse, -awnce.
[a. OF. ordenance, ordren-, ordenn-, ordon-, mod.F. ordonnance, ad. med.L. ordināntia, f. ordinānt-em, pr. pple. of ordināre to ordain: cf. the variants ordnance, ordonnance.]
The action of ordaining, ordering, or arranging; the fact or condition of being ordered or arranged.
†1. Arrangement in ranks or rows; esp. in order of battle; battle-array or a mode of battle-array; also, a display of military force; a host in array.
c1330R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 178 Alle þe Sarazins conseile in þe schaft was writen, & alle þer ordinance, kyng R. it wiste. 1375Barbour Bruce xvii. 101 Soyn thar ordinans brak thai. 1456Sir G. Haye Law Arms (S.T.S.) 112 We fynd be ancient custumis of weris thre ordynancis of bataillis. c1477Caxton Jason 29 He assembled alle his folke and putte hem in fayr ordenaunce of bataylle. 1552Lyndesay Monarche 5424, I was Pape Iulius manfullye Passe to the feilde.., With ane rycht aufull ordinance. 1601Holland Pliny I. 455 A whole troupe..of horsmen may ride vpright vnder them in ordinance of battell.
2. Arrangement in regular sequence or proper relative position; disposition (of things or matters) according to rule; ordered, arranged, or regulated condition; order. Obs. exc. as in b.
c1374Chaucer Boeth. iv. pr. vi. 105 (Camb. MS.) Destine is the disposicion and ordinaunce clyuynge to moeuable thinges. c1386― Clerk's T. 905 The chambres for tarraye in ordinance After my lust. a1450Knt. de la Tour (1868) 154 She kepte her astate so noble, and of so good ordenaunce. 1450–80tr. Secreta Secret. 21 Astronomye is divided in foure parties..In the ordinaunce of the sterres; In disposicioun of þe signes [etc.]. 1535Coverdale 1 Chron. xxvi[i]. 12 This is the ordinaunce of the dorekepers..to mynister in the house of the Lorde. 1699Lister Journ. Paris 36 The Ordinance and Design of most of the Royal and great Gardens in and about Paris are of his Invention.
b. Arrangement of literary material, or collocation of parts, as in architecture, in accordance with some plan or rule of composition or artistic production; also, a characteristic series of architectural parts: = ordonnance 1.
1460J. Capgrave Chron. 315 Vhech vere ageyn the ordinauns of oure Book. 1485Caxton Chas. Gt. 39 To devyde the mater by chapytres in the best ordynaunce that I shal conne. 1523Ld. Berners Froiss. I. i. 1, I..haue enterprysed this hystory on y⊇ forsaid ordynaunce and true fundacion. 1683Evelyn Diary 16 May, Verrio's invention is admirable, his ordnance full and flowing. 1706Phillips, Ordnance, In Architecture, the giving to all the parts of a Building, the just Dimensions and Quantity, which are requisite, according to the Model. 1850J. Leitch tr. C. O. Müller's Anc. Art §108 (ed. 2) 75 With regard to the columnar ordinances, the Doric was at this period cultivated to a higher degree of grace. 1862Fergusson Hist. Mod. Archit. 185 It is not easy to ascertain how far the ordinance of the present building was influenced by his designs. 1885Academy 1 Aug. 69/2 Want of ordinance has led Major T. to perpetual repetition.
†3. The arranging of plans; devising, contriving, planning; a device, contrivance, plan. Obs.
a1330Otuel 49 Þei..maden alle here ordenaunce, To werren uppon þe king of France. c1374Chaucer Troylus ii. 461 (510) In with þe paleys gardyn..Gan he and I wel half a day to dwelle Right for to speken of an ordenaunce How we þe Grekes myghte disauaunce. a1472Eng. Chron. (Camden 1856) 39 Certayn Lollardes..hadde purposid..to haue slayn the kyng..but the king..was warned of their fals purpos and ordenaunce. 1480Caxton Chron. Eng. ccxix. 209 Commune loos sprong in englond thurgh coniectyng and ordynaunce of the frere prechours, that sire Edward of Carnariuan was alyue.
†b. Institution, foundation (of anything). Obs.
1382Wyclif Heb. iv. 3 Sotheli the werkis maad parfyt fro the ordynaunce of the world.
†4. The action or process of making ready, preparing, or providing; preparation, provision, equipment; a preparatory step or measure; hence, the result of such, provision of (something). Obs.
c1374Chaucer Troylus iii. 486 (535) And Troylus þat al þis puruyaunce Knew at þe fulle..Hadde here-vp-on ek made gret ordenaunce. c1400Mandeville (1839) xxx. 300 Whan men passed..unto that yle men maden ordynance for to passen by Schippe, 23 dayes or more. 1450–80tr. Secreta Secret. 12 That he may wisely purveye and make contrary ordynaunce ayens hem. c1500Bat. Egyngecourte 70 in Hazl. E.P.P. II. 96 Great ordynance of gunnes the kynge let make, And shypte them at London all at ones. c1534MS. Additional 6113, lf. 106 The counterpoynte clothe of golde, the curteyns of whyte sarcenette..were of the quenes owne ordonnance. 1580Baret Alv. D 1166 The first ordinaunce, or first draught, which is done with a cole, adumbratio. 1612Davies Why Ireland, etc. (1747) 126 But there was..no ordinance, no provision made for the abolishing of their barbarous customs and manners.
b. Material adjuncts, apparatus, furniture. Obs.
1475Rolls of Parlt. VI. 133/1 The Tynne, Stuff and Ordenaunce to the same myne belongyng. 1512in Willis & Clark Cambridge (1886) I. 608 Cynctours, moldes, ordynaunces, and euery other thyng concernyng the same vawtyng. 1552Inv. Ch. Goods St. Andrew's, Norwich in Norfolk Archæol. (1865) VII. 52 Itm the ordynance of the sepulcre prised at vs. 1611Bible 1 Kings vi. 38 marg., [Was the house finished] with all the appurtenances therof, and with all the ordinaunces therof.
†c. spec. Warlike provision, equipment, or stores: now ordnance, q.v.
5. The action of ordering or regulating; regulation, direction, management; authoritative appointment or dispensation; control, disposal. arch.
c1330R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 83 His doughter Custance was wedded to Bretayn, With William's ordinance, vnto the erle Alayn. c1386Chaucer Melib. ⁋759, I putte me hoolly in youre disposicion and ordinaunce. c1410Hoccleve Mother of God 43 Thou schapen art by goddis ordynance To preye for vs. a1548Hall Chron., Edw. IV 222 b, Committyng the lyfes..whole to the dukes discrecion and ordinaunce. 1549Compl. Scot. i. 19 Stablit be the infinite diuyne ordinance. 1669Gale Crt. Gentiles i. i. 5 That Ordinance of God, whereby every creature is governed and guided. 1885Ruskin Pleas. Eng. 139 Unless music exalt and purify, it is not under St. Cecilia's ordinance.
b. That which is ordained or decreed by the Deity or by Fate; a dispensation, decree, or appointment of Providence or of Destiny.
a1340Hampole Psalter cxliv. 18 Godis wayes ere his ordynaunce & willis. c1450St. Cuthbert (Surtees) 619 He wist it was goddis ordenaunce. 1554J. Bradford in Strype Eccl. Mem. (1721) III. ii. App. xxix. 82 By thy most just ordinance yea by thy merciful ordinance also. 1611Shakes. Cymb. iv. ii. 145 Let Ord'nance Come as the Gods fore-say it. 1688Shadwell Sqr. Alsatia v, Great souls are above ordinances. 1842Tennyson Tithonus 30 Why should a man desire..To..pass beyond the goal of ordinance Where all should pause?
†c. Ordained or appointed place, condition, course, etc. Obs.
1456Sir G. Haye Law Arms (S.T.S.) 141 [He] passis till his ordinaunce quhare he is ordanyt tobe. 1601Shakes. Jul. C. i. iii. 66 If you would consider the true cause,..Why all these things change from their Ordinance, Their Natures, and pre-formed Faculties.
6. Authoritative direction how to proceed or act; established rule or body of principles; system of government, polity, or discipline. Obs. or arch.
c1330R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 101 Of Godes ordinance he forsoke þe schap. c1380Wyclif Serm. Sel. Wks. I. 26 For þis ende shulden clerkes..preie God þat his ordrenance [v.r. ordenaunce] were kepte in his strengþe. c1400Mandeville (Roxb.) xiii. 58 After þe constitucioun and ordinaunce of þe rewmes whare þai dwell. 1538Starkey England i. i. 16 Cyuyle ordynance ys but as a mean to bryng man to obserue thys law of nature. 1641Milton Ch. Govt. i. ii. Wks. (1851) 102 At the returne from the Captivity things were only restor'd after the ordinance of Moses and David. 1784Cowper Task i. 743 She has presum'd t'annul And abrogate..The total ordonance and will of God. 1847Tennyson Princ. vi. 352 Then the voice Of Ida sounded, issuing ordinance.
7. An authoritative direction, decree, or command; in more restricted sense, a public injunction or rule of narrower scope, less permanent nature, or less constitutional character than a law or statute, as a decree of a sovereign, an enactment of a municipal or other local body, etc.
As to the distinction between ordinance and statute, see Hallam Mid. Ages (1878) III. viii. iii, Stubbs Const. Hist. II. xvii. §292. In Eng. Hist. the decrees of the Ordainers (with the king's assent) in 1310 were ‘ordinances’; the name is also given to the Ordinance of the Forest (33 & 34 Ed. I), and the Ordinance of the Staple (27 Ed. III, st. 2), etc. The Acts of the Long Parliament after 1641 were at first called Ordinances; one of these was the Self-denying Ordinance of 1645, ordaining that no member of parliament should thenceforth hold any civil or military office. After 1649 the name ‘act’ was officially used; but as all these ‘acts’ were expunged from the Statute-book at the Restoration, they are usually referred to as ‘ordinances’. In reference to French History, ‘the Ordinances’ are esp. those of Charles X in 1830, overthrowing the constitution, and suspending the liberty of the press. See also ordonnance 2, 2 b.
1303R. Brunne Handl. Synne 1460 Swyche ys Goddys ordynaunce, ‘For veniaunce to take veniaunce’. 1389in Eng. Gilds (1870) 80 Þeise ben ye ordynaunse of þis gilde. 1413Pilgr. Sowle iv. xxix. (1859) 61 Ordynaunces of pryuate lawes in Reames and in comynaltees ben cleped ‘statutes’. 1477Presentm. Juries in Surtees Misc. (1888) 27 Rychard Dyschforth..toke & selld j stranges man heirreng..agans ordonans of the ton. 1562Act 5 Eliz. c. 12 §5 Every Person.. that shall take any License contrary to this Ordinance. 1577–87Holinshed Chron. II. 320/1 This yeare [1310] also there were ordinances made for the state and gouernement of the realme, by the prelats, earles, and barons, which were confirmed with the sentence of excommunication against all them that should go about to breake the same. 1598Barret Theor. Warres ii. i. 30 He shall obey the ordinances of the Sergeant Maior. 1622Callis Stat. Sewers (1647) 230 An Ordinance is a word having a more private and less powerful signification then the word Law hath; for it is a Law but of a secundary power, enacted by a Corporation, Company or Commission. 1647Clarendon Hist. Reb. iv. §199 They should have an Ordinance of Parliament for their Indemnity. 1767A. Young Farmer's Lett. to People 185 Laws and ordonances, which are framed according to the aspect of the day. 1827Hallam Const. Hist. (1876) II. x. 180 The most popular justification for the self-denying ordinance..was soon found at Naseby. 1830–1Hist. in Ann. Reg. 182/1 On the 25th of July, the king [Ch. X.] signed three Ordinances which superseded the Constitution. 1830A. Opie Jrnl. 23 Dec., This gentleman..is the editor of a journal, and wrote against the Ordinances. 1875Stubbs Const. Hist. II. xvii. §292 The Statute is primarily a legislative act, the ordinance is primarily an executive one;..the enacting process incorporates the statute into the body of the national law, the royal notification of the ordinance simply asserts that the process enunciated in the ordinance will be observed from henceforth.
8. A practice or usage authoritatively enjoined or prescribed; esp. a religious or ceremonial observance, as the sacraments.
1388Wyclif Titus Prol., He warneth Tite, and enfourmeth hym of the ordynaunce of presthod, and of spiritual conuersacioun. a1425Cursor M. 11292 (Trin.) Þei bare þe childe..into þe temple For to do of him þat day þat ordenaunce [Cott. settenes] was of þe lay. 1643T. Case Serm. in Kerr Covenants & Covenanters (1895) 265 This service, being an ordinance of God. 1648Shorter Catech. §92 A sacrament is an holy ordinance instituted by Christ, wherein, by sensible signs, Christ and the benefits of the new covenant are represented, sealed, and applied to believers. a1649Winthrop New Eng. (1853) II. 376 Private members making speeches in the church assemblies to the disturbance and hindrance of the ordinances. 1704Nelson Festivals & Fasts ii. vii. (1720) 542 Candidates of this sacred Ordinance [Confirmation]. 1785Paley Mor. Philos. Wks. 1825 IV. 59 Civil society is but the ordinance and institution of man. 1861Stanley East. Ch. ii. 72 Reciting the Nicene creed..before the administration of the Eucharist, to guard that ordinance against Arian intruders. 1865Seeley Ecce Homo i. (1868) 3 Many..presented themselves as candidates for his baptism in implicit faith that the ordinance was divine.
b. Applied esp. to the sacrament of the Lord's Supper.
1830–40Mod. ‘To observe the Ordinance’ [a usual expression with Independents and Baptists]. a1892Spurgeon Autobiog. iv. (1897) 26 The table, on which were spread the bread and the wine on days when they had the ordinance; I think that was the correct phrase when our good folks intended ‘the communion’.
†9. The decree of an umpire settling a matter in dispute; the authoritative settlement of relations between parties. Obs.
1375Barbour Bruce i. 79 This ordynance thaim thocht the best. 1411Rolls of Parlt. III. 650/1 This is the ordenance that Thomas Archebisshop of Canterbury, and Richard Lord the Grey..haven made betwen William Lord the Roos on that oon partie and Robert Tirwhit..on that other partie. 1569J. Rogers Gl. Godly Loue (1876) 182 The ordinance that God made betweene man and wife.
†10. Appointment to office; esp. admission to office in the Church; = ordination 2. Obs.
1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) II. 141 His successour schal come to þe primat of Caunterbury, and he schal take his ordynaunce [L. ordinationem, 1432– 50 ordinacion] of hym. 1450Rolls of Parlt. V. 184/1 To make or ordeine ony Officer..of whom the makyng and ordenaunce..longed to you.
†11. Rank, order (in the state). Obs. rare—1.
1607Shakes. Cor. iii. ii. 12 Things created..to..be still, and wonder, When one but of my ordinance stood vp To speake of Peace, or Warre.
†12. = company of ordinance: see ordonnance 2 b. Obs.
▪ II. † ˈordinance, v. Obs. rare.
[f. ordinance, ordnance n.]
trans. To furnish with ordnance or military equipment, esp. artillery.
1531Elyot Gov. ii. ii, A shippe of wonderfull beautie, well ordinanced and manned for his defence and saulfe conducte. a1548Hall Chron., Hen. VIII 22 Foystes and Rowgalies so well ordinaunced and with such peces as was not seen in shippes before. Ibid. 119 This was a strong toune well walled, dyched and ordinaunced but not manned. |