ordinance
/ˈɔːdɪnəns/noun
formal <正式>
1
- an authoritative order权威性命令; 训令。
1.1
- N. Amer. a by-law〈北美〉地方法规; 内部规定。
2
- a religious rite宗教仪式。
3
- archaic term for ORDONNANCE.〈古〉同ORDONNANCE.
词源
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).