Definition of ordinance in English:

ordinance

noun ˈɔːdɪnənsˈɔrd(ə)nəns

formal

1An authoritative order.
Example sentencesExamples
- Wildfires that scorched the West have emphasized the need for better road access for fire-fighting equipment; new ordinances are mandating wider roads with better turnarounds.
- The ordinances are important because they will make the environment more predictable for investors and will enhance the chances for stable development of the sector, said Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister Lydia Shuleva.
- The government is apparently now contemplating bringing into force an ordinance which makes it mandatory for any channel in India to share feed of events of national interest with him.
- Charles's household ordinances were intended to re-introduce order and decorum into court life by re-establishing the etiquette of Henry VIII's time.
- When Bose became the vice-chancellor in June 2001, he found that the institution had flouted basic rules in its ordinance to give affiliation to about 40 institutions across the country.
- All 50 states have child-protection ordinances mandating that professionals who come in contact with children report cases of suspected abuse to the local child protective services agency.
- The ordinance will regulate the services of water supply companies throughout the country.
- "The government has the intention to draft an ordinance regulating human reproductive technology in the future, and this will also regulate the use of stem cells, " the spokeswoman said.
- The details regarding the narrow limits that exist on the right to use these rooms and tight controls over them have since been regulated in special state government ordinances in order to prevent misuse.
- Initially, the Government ordinance was received with mixed feelings by the public, and coldly by the Association of Hotel and Restaurant Owners, which argued that the regulations would ruin their businesses.
- Wilson finally ordered his employees to stop enforcing the ordinance.
- The Cabinet approved an ordinance regulating the inspections connected to direct control of the protection of classified information.
- The ordinance also provides rules for the registration of foreign students, and for control and co-ordination of tour operator contracts.
- The Democrats had to compromise on the scope to make the ordinance workable, because the government would have dropped the ordinance, Lee said.
- I asked the supervising officer for the exact ordinance but he couldn't recall it.
- It also canceled a 1997 ordinance regulating the state's credit and loan agreements.
- Obey these instructions as a lasting ordinance for you and your descendants.
- Bulgarian producers will get preference in public procurement tenders, and this will be regulated by a Cabinet ordinance.
- The ordinance also says government authorities cannot ‘request forced labor.’
- If it could rule by ordinances alone, it would.
Synonyms
edict, decree, law, injunction, fiat, command, order, rule, ruling, dictum, dictate, directive, mandate, enactment, statute, act, canon, regulation
in Tsarist Russia ukase
in Spanish-speaking countries pronunciamento
1. 1.1North American A municipal by-law.
  they issued an ordinance limiting the length of nets
  Example sentencesExamples
  I'm pretty sure it violates a bylaw or an ordinance or something.
  Police representatives insisted that it was the responsibility of escorts to ensure they knew and abided by municipal, provincial and federal laws, ordinances and bylaws.
  The two of them spoke in a droning monotone, as if talking about municipal zoning ordinances.
  However, be warned that there are some states that prohibits the use of helmet speakers, thus, be aware first of your municipal laws or ordinances.
  Other regulations were imposed by municipal ordinances.
  City governments passed tongue-in-cheek ordinances prohibiting Skylab from entering the municipal limits, or inviting it into the town, depending on the mood they were in.
  I will be checking on the city ordinances to see what exactly the rules are - they shouldn't be any different than for a family reunion or company picnic.
  In Tucson, where astronomy is big business, legislators enacted an ordinance that permits lights at night to shine only in a part of the spectrum that is easily filtered out by equipment on telescopes.
  The South Hills municipality passed an ordinance this month banning smoking in public places for those under age 18.
  We also have laws and ordinances defining sanitation standards and others prohibiting disturbance of the public peace.
  A proposed ordinance would ban ‘loitering’ on median strips; violators would be subject to a $500 fine and six months in jail.
  Something you may wish to consider, perhaps in a follow-up article, is the effect of municipal weed ordinances.
  Not surprisingly, last Friday's Minneapolis City Council meeting was dominated by the smoking ban ordinance, which burned up nearly two hours of debate.
  For instance, it is clear that where police enforce municipal ordinances against unlawful assembly, civil disturbance and harassment, anti-abortion protestors move to another location.
  Before 1840 municipal ordinances limited horse-drawn freight to a relatively small number of licensed carters whose prices were fixed by law.
  Illegal disposal of solid waste is a violation of a city ordinance.
  Employers providing health insurance under municipal living-wage ordinances have been allowed to form insurance-buyer pools.
  Los Angeles followed suit in 1998, and dozens of cities have now passed ordinances regulating their use in residential areas.
  The city recently had passed an ordinance that banned smoking in all restaurants, and he was counting down the seconds until he had to extinguish that last cigarette.
  The city passed an ordinance that regulated open-air roasting and stipulated the use of stepped-up technology to abate the pollution.
2A religious rite.
his strict observance of religious ordinances was no doubt quickened by the remorse he felt
Example sentencesExamples
- Genesis 17 expressly stipulates that all descendants of Abraham - that is, all who follow the ordinances of the God of Israel - are to be circumcised; rather, that the males are to be circumcised.
- Historic Protestantism differs from Roman Catholicism in that it teaches that the ordinances of preaching and sacraments do not work automatically.
- First, we should not feel pressured to substitute man's devices for the doctrine and ordinances of God.
- Such obedience included acceptance of the Mormon faith through baptism, living a moral and godly life, and the completion of certain ceremonies and ordinances in the temple.
- Communion among Christians includes the recognition of certain sacred rites, especially the sacraments or ordinances that come to us from Christ and the apostles.
- They were keeping the ordinance that had been set before them in the Torah.
- Secondly, church weddings had been abolished during the period of the Protectorate, and it was moreover a key tenet of Presbyterian teaching that marriage was not a sacrament but at most an ordinance.
- The presentation of the Commandments in Exodus 20 and Deuteronomy 5 is followed, in both cases, by more detailed statutes and ordinances.
- The sacraments can communicate blessings apart from faith, and baptism appears to be a converting ordinance.
- God set forth in the Sabbath ordinance His own pattern of rest.
- The rituals and ordinances of the Jews were set aside with that Nation and now the church does not have part in such observances.
- As a result increasing numbers of churches intentionally observe the ordinances only at times (such as a midweek gathering) when few unbelievers are expected.
- Not surprisingly, the Congress entertained papers on the Christian life, the ordinances, worship, and architecture.
Synonyms
rite, ritual, ceremony, sacrament, observance, service, usage, institution, practice
3
archaic term for ordonnance
Example sentencesExamples
- This group of churches presents closer affinities, in its internal ordinance, with Norman Romanesque than with any other northern school.

Origin

Middle English (also in the sense 'arrangement in ranks'): from Old French ordenance, from medieval Latin ordinantia, from Latin ordinare 'put in order' (see ordain).

Definition of ordinance in US English:

ordinance

nounˈôrd(ə)nənsˈɔrd(ə)nəns

1North American A piece of legislation enacted by a municipal authority.
a city ordinance banned smoking in nearly all types of restaurants
Example sentencesExamples
- Not surprisingly, last Friday's Minneapolis City Council meeting was dominated by the smoking ban ordinance, which burned up nearly two hours of debate.
- I'm pretty sure it violates a bylaw or an ordinance or something.
- City governments passed tongue-in-cheek ordinances prohibiting Skylab from entering the municipal limits, or inviting it into the town, depending on the mood they were in.
- The city passed an ordinance that regulated open-air roasting and stipulated the use of stepped-up technology to abate the pollution.
- The two of them spoke in a droning monotone, as if talking about municipal zoning ordinances.
- For instance, it is clear that where police enforce municipal ordinances against unlawful assembly, civil disturbance and harassment, anti-abortion protestors move to another location.
- Illegal disposal of solid waste is a violation of a city ordinance.
- I will be checking on the city ordinances to see what exactly the rules are - they shouldn't be any different than for a family reunion or company picnic.
- Employers providing health insurance under municipal living-wage ordinances have been allowed to form insurance-buyer pools.
- The South Hills municipality passed an ordinance this month banning smoking in public places for those under age 18.
- We also have laws and ordinances defining sanitation standards and others prohibiting disturbance of the public peace.
- A proposed ordinance would ban ‘loitering’ on median strips; violators would be subject to a $500 fine and six months in jail.
- Before 1840 municipal ordinances limited horse-drawn freight to a relatively small number of licensed carters whose prices were fixed by law.
- Something you may wish to consider, perhaps in a follow-up article, is the effect of municipal weed ordinances.
- Police representatives insisted that it was the responsibility of escorts to ensure they knew and abided by municipal, provincial and federal laws, ordinances and bylaws.
- The city recently had passed an ordinance that banned smoking in all restaurants, and he was counting down the seconds until he had to extinguish that last cigarette.
- However, be warned that there are some states that prohibits the use of helmet speakers, thus, be aware first of your municipal laws or ordinances.
- Los Angeles followed suit in 1998, and dozens of cities have now passed ordinances regulating their use in residential areas.
- In Tucson, where astronomy is big business, legislators enacted an ordinance that permits lights at night to shine only in a part of the spectrum that is easily filtered out by equipment on telescopes.
- Other regulations were imposed by municipal ordinances.
2An authoritative order; a decree.
Example sentencesExamples
- The ordinance also provides rules for the registration of foreign students, and for control and co-ordination of tour operator contracts.
- "The government has the intention to draft an ordinance regulating human reproductive technology in the future, and this will also regulate the use of stem cells, " the spokeswoman said.
- The Democrats had to compromise on the scope to make the ordinance workable, because the government would have dropped the ordinance, Lee said.
- Wildfires that scorched the West have emphasized the need for better road access for fire-fighting equipment; new ordinances are mandating wider roads with better turnarounds.
- The ordinances are important because they will make the environment more predictable for investors and will enhance the chances for stable development of the sector, said Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister Lydia Shuleva.
- The ordinance also says government authorities cannot ‘request forced labor.’
- It also canceled a 1997 ordinance regulating the state's credit and loan agreements.
- Obey these instructions as a lasting ordinance for you and your descendants.
- All 50 states have child-protection ordinances mandating that professionals who come in contact with children report cases of suspected abuse to the local child protective services agency.
- I asked the supervising officer for the exact ordinance but he couldn't recall it.
- When Bose became the vice-chancellor in June 2001, he found that the institution had flouted basic rules in its ordinance to give affiliation to about 40 institutions across the country.
- Wilson finally ordered his employees to stop enforcing the ordinance.
- If it could rule by ordinances alone, it would.
- Bulgarian producers will get preference in public procurement tenders, and this will be regulated by a Cabinet ordinance.
- Initially, the Government ordinance was received with mixed feelings by the public, and coldly by the Association of Hotel and Restaurant Owners, which argued that the regulations would ruin their businesses.
- The Cabinet approved an ordinance regulating the inspections connected to direct control of the protection of classified information.
- The government is apparently now contemplating bringing into force an ordinance which makes it mandatory for any channel in India to share feed of events of national interest with him.
- The ordinance will regulate the services of water supply companies throughout the country.
- Charles's household ordinances were intended to re-introduce order and decorum into court life by re-establishing the etiquette of Henry VIII's time.
- The details regarding the narrow limits that exist on the right to use these rooms and tight controls over them have since been regulated in special state government ordinances in order to prevent misuse.
Synonyms
edict, decree, law, injunction, fiat, command, order, rule, ruling, dictum, dictate, directive, mandate, enactment, statute, act, canon, regulation
3A prescribed religious rite.
Talmudic ordinances
Example sentencesExamples
- Communion among Christians includes the recognition of certain sacred rites, especially the sacraments or ordinances that come to us from Christ and the apostles.
- God set forth in the Sabbath ordinance His own pattern of rest.
- The rituals and ordinances of the Jews were set aside with that Nation and now the church does not have part in such observances.
- Historic Protestantism differs from Roman Catholicism in that it teaches that the ordinances of preaching and sacraments do not work automatically.
- Genesis 17 expressly stipulates that all descendants of Abraham - that is, all who follow the ordinances of the God of Israel - are to be circumcised; rather, that the males are to be circumcised.
- The presentation of the Commandments in Exodus 20 and Deuteronomy 5 is followed, in both cases, by more detailed statutes and ordinances.
- First, we should not feel pressured to substitute man's devices for the doctrine and ordinances of God.
- Such obedience included acceptance of the Mormon faith through baptism, living a moral and godly life, and the completion of certain ceremonies and ordinances in the temple.
- The sacraments can communicate blessings apart from faith, and baptism appears to be a converting ordinance.
- They were keeping the ordinance that had been set before them in the Torah.
- Secondly, church weddings had been abolished during the period of the Protectorate, and it was moreover a key tenet of Presbyterian teaching that marriage was not a sacrament but at most an ordinance.
- As a result increasing numbers of churches intentionally observe the ordinances only at times (such as a midweek gathering) when few unbelievers are expected.
- Not surprisingly, the Congress entertained papers on the Christian life, the ordinances, worship, and architecture.
Synonyms
rite, ritual, ceremony, sacrament, observance, service, usage, institution, practice

Origin

Middle English (also in the sense ‘arrangement in ranks’): from Old French ordenance, from medieval Latin ordinantia, from Latin ordinare ‘put in order’ (see ordain).

单词	ordinance
释义	Definition of ordinance in English: ordinance noun ˈɔːdɪnənsˈɔrd(ə)nəns formal 1An authoritative order. Example sentencesExamples Wildfires that scorched the West have emphasized the need for better road access for fire-fighting equipment; new ordinances are mandating wider roads with better turnarounds. The ordinances are important because they will make the environment more predictable for investors and will enhance the chances for stable development of the sector, said Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister Lydia Shuleva. The government is apparently now contemplating bringing into force an ordinance which makes it mandatory for any channel in India to share feed of events of national interest with him. Charles's household ordinances were intended to re-introduce order and decorum into court life by re-establishing the etiquette of Henry VIII's time. When Bose became the vice-chancellor in June 2001, he found that the institution had flouted basic rules in its ordinance to give affiliation to about 40 institutions across the country. All 50 states have child-protection ordinances mandating that professionals who come in contact with children report cases of suspected abuse to the local child protective services agency. The ordinance will regulate the services of water supply companies throughout the country. "The government has the intention to draft an ordinance regulating human reproductive technology in the future, and this will also regulate the use of stem cells, " the spokeswoman said. The details regarding the narrow limits that exist on the right to use these rooms and tight controls over them have since been regulated in special state government ordinances in order to prevent misuse. Initially, the Government ordinance was received with mixed feelings by the public, and coldly by the Association of Hotel and Restaurant Owners, which argued that the regulations would ruin their businesses. Wilson finally ordered his employees to stop enforcing the ordinance. The Cabinet approved an ordinance regulating the inspections connected to direct control of the protection of classified information. The ordinance also provides rules for the registration of foreign students, and for control and co-ordination of tour operator contracts. The Democrats had to compromise on the scope to make the ordinance workable, because the government would have dropped the ordinance, Lee said. I asked the supervising officer for the exact ordinance but he couldn't recall it. It also canceled a 1997 ordinance regulating the state's credit and loan agreements. Obey these instructions as a lasting ordinance for you and your descendants. Bulgarian producers will get preference in public procurement tenders, and this will be regulated by a Cabinet ordinance. The ordinance also says government authorities cannot ‘request forced labor.’ If it could rule by ordinances alone, it would. Synonyms edict, decree, law, injunction, fiat, command, order, rule, ruling, dictum, dictate, directive, mandate, enactment, statute, act, canon, regulation in Tsarist Russia ukase in Spanish-speaking countries pronunciamento 1.1North American A municipal by-law. they issued an ordinance limiting the length of nets Example sentencesExamples I'm pretty sure it violates a bylaw or an ordinance or something. Police representatives insisted that it was the responsibility of escorts to ensure they knew and abided by municipal, provincial and federal laws, ordinances and bylaws. The two of them spoke in a droning monotone, as if talking about municipal zoning ordinances. However, be warned that there are some states that prohibits the use of helmet speakers, thus, be aware first of your municipal laws or ordinances. Other regulations were imposed by municipal ordinances. City governments passed tongue-in-cheek ordinances prohibiting Skylab from entering the municipal limits, or inviting it into the town, depending on the mood they were in. I will be checking on the city ordinances to see what exactly the rules are - they shouldn't be any different than for a family reunion or company picnic. In Tucson, where astronomy is big business, legislators enacted an ordinance that permits lights at night to shine only in a part of the spectrum that is easily filtered out by equipment on telescopes. The South Hills municipality passed an ordinance this month banning smoking in public places for those under age 18. We also have laws and ordinances defining sanitation standards and others prohibiting disturbance of the public peace. A proposed ordinance would ban ‘loitering’ on median strips; violators would be subject to a $500 fine and six months in jail. Something you may wish to consider, perhaps in a follow-up article, is the effect of municipal weed ordinances. Not surprisingly, last Friday's Minneapolis City Council meeting was dominated by the smoking ban ordinance, which burned up nearly two hours of debate. For instance, it is clear that where police enforce municipal ordinances against unlawful assembly, civil disturbance and harassment, anti-abortion protestors move to another location. Before 1840 municipal ordinances limited horse-drawn freight to a relatively small number of licensed carters whose prices were fixed by law. Illegal disposal of solid waste is a violation of a city ordinance. Employers providing health insurance under municipal living-wage ordinances have been allowed to form insurance-buyer pools. Los Angeles followed suit in 1998, and dozens of cities have now passed ordinances regulating their use in residential areas. The city recently had passed an ordinance that banned smoking in all restaurants, and he was counting down the seconds until he had to extinguish that last cigarette. The city passed an ordinance that regulated open-air roasting and stipulated the use of stepped-up technology to abate the pollution. 2A religious rite. his strict observance of religious ordinances was no doubt quickened by the remorse he felt Example sentencesExamples Genesis 17 expressly stipulates that all descendants of Abraham - that is, all who follow the ordinances of the God of Israel - are to be circumcised; rather, that the males are to be circumcised. Historic Protestantism differs from Roman Catholicism in that it teaches that the ordinances of preaching and sacraments do not work automatically. First, we should not feel pressured to substitute man's devices for the doctrine and ordinances of God. Such obedience included acceptance of the Mormon faith through baptism, living a moral and godly life, and the completion of certain ceremonies and ordinances in the temple. Communion among Christians includes the recognition of certain sacred rites, especially the sacraments or ordinances that come to us from Christ and the apostles. They were keeping the ordinance that had been set before them in the Torah. Secondly, church weddings had been abolished during the period of the Protectorate, and it was moreover a key tenet of Presbyterian teaching that marriage was not a sacrament but at most an ordinance. The presentation of the Commandments in Exodus 20 and Deuteronomy 5 is followed, in both cases, by more detailed statutes and ordinances. The sacraments can communicate blessings apart from faith, and baptism appears to be a converting ordinance. God set forth in the Sabbath ordinance His own pattern of rest. The rituals and ordinances of the Jews were set aside with that Nation and now the church does not have part in such observances. As a result increasing numbers of churches intentionally observe the ordinances only at times (such as a midweek gathering) when few unbelievers are expected. Not surprisingly, the Congress entertained papers on the Christian life, the ordinances, worship, and architecture. Synonyms rite, ritual, ceremony, sacrament, observance, service, usage, institution, practice 3 archaic term for ordonnance Example sentencesExamples This group of churches presents closer affinities, in its internal ordinance, with Norman Romanesque than with any other northern school. Origin Middle English (also in the sense 'arrangement in ranks'): from Old French ordenance, from medieval Latin ordinantia, from Latin ordinare 'put in order' (see ordain). Definition of ordinance in US English: ordinance nounˈôrd(ə)nənsˈɔrd(ə)nəns 1North American A piece of legislation enacted by a municipal authority. a city ordinance banned smoking in nearly all types of restaurants Example sentencesExamples Not surprisingly, last Friday's Minneapolis City Council meeting was dominated by the smoking ban ordinance, which burned up nearly two hours of debate. I'm pretty sure it violates a bylaw or an ordinance or something. City governments passed tongue-in-cheek ordinances prohibiting Skylab from entering the municipal limits, or inviting it into the town, depending on the mood they were in. The city passed an ordinance that regulated open-air roasting and stipulated the use of stepped-up technology to abate the pollution. The two of them spoke in a droning monotone, as if talking about municipal zoning ordinances. For instance, it is clear that where police enforce municipal ordinances against unlawful assembly, civil disturbance and harassment, anti-abortion protestors move to another location. Illegal disposal of solid waste is a violation of a city ordinance. I will be checking on the city ordinances to see what exactly the rules are - they shouldn't be any different than for a family reunion or company picnic. Employers providing health insurance under municipal living-wage ordinances have been allowed to form insurance-buyer pools. The South Hills municipality passed an ordinance this month banning smoking in public places for those under age 18. We also have laws and ordinances defining sanitation standards and others prohibiting disturbance of the public peace. A proposed ordinance would ban ‘loitering’ on median strips; violators would be subject to a $500 fine and six months in jail. Before 1840 municipal ordinances limited horse-drawn freight to a relatively small number of licensed carters whose prices were fixed by law. Something you may wish to consider, perhaps in a follow-up article, is the effect of municipal weed ordinances. Police representatives insisted that it was the responsibility of escorts to ensure they knew and abided by municipal, provincial and federal laws, ordinances and bylaws. The city recently had passed an ordinance that banned smoking in all restaurants, and he was counting down the seconds until he had to extinguish that last cigarette. However, be warned that there are some states that prohibits the use of helmet speakers, thus, be aware first of your municipal laws or ordinances. Los Angeles followed suit in 1998, and dozens of cities have now passed ordinances regulating their use in residential areas. In Tucson, where astronomy is big business, legislators enacted an ordinance that permits lights at night to shine only in a part of the spectrum that is easily filtered out by equipment on telescopes. Other regulations were imposed by municipal ordinances. 2An authoritative order; a decree. Example sentencesExamples The ordinance also provides rules for the registration of foreign students, and for control and co-ordination of tour operator contracts. "The government has the intention to draft an ordinance regulating human reproductive technology in the future, and this will also regulate the use of stem cells, " the spokeswoman said. The Democrats had to compromise on the scope to make the ordinance workable, because the government would have dropped the ordinance, Lee said. Wildfires that scorched the West have emphasized the need for better road access for fire-fighting equipment; new ordinances are mandating wider roads with better turnarounds. The ordinances are important because they will make the environment more predictable for investors and will enhance the chances for stable development of the sector, said Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister Lydia Shuleva. The ordinance also says government authorities cannot ‘request forced labor.’ It also canceled a 1997 ordinance regulating the state's credit and loan agreements. Obey these instructions as a lasting ordinance for you and your descendants. All 50 states have child-protection ordinances mandating that professionals who come in contact with children report cases of suspected abuse to the local child protective services agency. I asked the supervising officer for the exact ordinance but he couldn't recall it. When Bose became the vice-chancellor in June 2001, he found that the institution had flouted basic rules in its ordinance to give affiliation to about 40 institutions across the country. Wilson finally ordered his employees to stop enforcing the ordinance. If it could rule by ordinances alone, it would. Bulgarian producers will get preference in public procurement tenders, and this will be regulated by a Cabinet ordinance. Initially, the Government ordinance was received with mixed feelings by the public, and coldly by the Association of Hotel and Restaurant Owners, which argued that the regulations would ruin their businesses. The Cabinet approved an ordinance regulating the inspections connected to direct control of the protection of classified information. The government is apparently now contemplating bringing into force an ordinance which makes it mandatory for any channel in India to share feed of events of national interest with him. The ordinance will regulate the services of water supply companies throughout the country. Charles's household ordinances were intended to re-introduce order and decorum into court life by re-establishing the etiquette of Henry VIII's time. The details regarding the narrow limits that exist on the right to use these rooms and tight controls over them have since been regulated in special state government ordinances in order to prevent misuse. Synonyms edict, decree, law, injunction, fiat, command, order, rule, ruling, dictum, dictate, directive, mandate, enactment, statute, act, canon, regulation 3A prescribed religious rite. Talmudic ordinances Example sentencesExamples Communion among Christians includes the recognition of certain sacred rites, especially the sacraments or ordinances that come to us from Christ and the apostles. God set forth in the Sabbath ordinance His own pattern of rest. The rituals and ordinances of the Jews were set aside with that Nation and now the church does not have part in such observances. Historic Protestantism differs from Roman Catholicism in that it teaches that the ordinances of preaching and sacraments do not work automatically. Genesis 17 expressly stipulates that all descendants of Abraham - that is, all who follow the ordinances of the God of Israel - are to be circumcised; rather, that the males are to be circumcised. The presentation of the Commandments in Exodus 20 and Deuteronomy 5 is followed, in both cases, by more detailed statutes and ordinances. First, we should not feel pressured to substitute man's devices for the doctrine and ordinances of God. Such obedience included acceptance of the Mormon faith through baptism, living a moral and godly life, and the completion of certain ceremonies and ordinances in the temple. The sacraments can communicate blessings apart from faith, and baptism appears to be a converting ordinance. They were keeping the ordinance that had been set before them in the Torah. Secondly, church weddings had been abolished during the period of the Protectorate, and it was moreover a key tenet of Presbyterian teaching that marriage was not a sacrament but at most an ordinance. As a result increasing numbers of churches intentionally observe the ordinances only at times (such as a midweek gathering) when few unbelievers are expected. Not surprisingly, the Congress entertained papers on the Christian life, the ordinances, worship, and architecture. Synonyms rite, ritual, ceremony, sacrament, observance, service, usage, institution, practice Origin Middle English (also in the sense ‘arrangement in ranks’): from Old French ordenance, from medieval Latin ordinantia, from Latin ordinare ‘put in order’ (see ordain).
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