ordinance
ordinance
nounDefinition of ORDINANCE
a rule of conduct or action laid down by a governing authority and especially a legislature <a local ordinance forbids all street parking during snowstorms>
Related Words command, commandment, decree, dictate, directive, edict, fiat, ruling; bylaw, ground rule, regulation, rule; amendment, legislation; common law, martial law; blue law; prohibition, proscription, restriction; canon, capitulary, encyclical
Near Antonyms higher law
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