ordinance

ordinance is a Noun

Definition:

[1] Orderly arrangement; preparation; provision. [Obs.] Spenser. They had made their ordinance Of victual, and of other purveyance. Chaucer.

[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. Shak. By custom and the ordinance of times. Shak. Walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless. Luke i. 6.

[3] An established rite or ceremony.

[4] Rank; order; station. [Obs.] Shak.

[5] Ordnance; cannon. [Obs.] Shak.