Ordinance /(?)/

Or·di·nance

Ordinance

n.
  1. Orderly arrangement; preparation; provision. [Obs.]
    They had made their ordinance Of victual, and of other purveyance.
  2. A rule established by authority; a permanent rule of action; a statute, law, regulation, rescript, or accepted usage; an edict or decree; esp., a local law enacted by a municipal government; as, a municipal ordinance.
    Thou wilt die by God's just ordinance.
    By custom and the ordinance of times.
    Walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
    — Luke i. 6.
  3. An established rite or ceremony. (Eccl.)
  4. Rank; order; station. [Obs.]
  5. Ordnance; cannon. [Obs.]