Synonyms for ordinance
ˈɔr dn ənsor·di·nance

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1. ordinance

   Law, in its ideal, is the statement of a principle of right in mandatory form, by competent authority, with adequate penalty for disobedience; in common use, the term is applied to any legislative act, however imperfect or unjust. Command and commandment are personal and particular; as, the commands of a parent; the ten commandments. An edict is the act of an absolute sovereign or other authority; we speak of the edict of an emperor, the decree of a court. A mandate is specific, for an occasion or a purpose; a superior court issues its mandate to an inferior court to send up its records. Statute is the recognized legal term for a specific law; enactment is the more vague and general expression. We speak of algebraic or chemical formulas, municipal ordinances, military orders, army regulations, ecclesiastical canons, the rules of a business house. Law is often used, also, for a recognized principle, whose violation is attended with injury or loss that acts like a penalty; as, the laws of business; the laws of nature. In more strictly scientific use, a natural law is simply a recognized system of sequences or relations; as, Kepler's laws of planetary distances. A code is a system of laws; jurisprudence is the science of law, or a system of laws scientifically considered, classed, and interpreted; legislation, primarily the act of legislating, denotes also the body of statutes enacted by a legislative body. An economy (Greek oikonomia, primarily the management of a house) is any comprehensive system of administration; as, domestic economy; but the word is extended to the administration or government of a state or people, signifying a body of laws and regulations, with the entire system, political or religious, especially the latter, of which they form a part; as, the code of Draco, Roman jurisprudence, British legislation, the Mosaic economy. Law is also used as a collective noun for a system of laws or recognized rules or regulations, including not only all special laws, but the principles on which they are based. The Mosaic economy is known also as the Mosaic law, and we speak of the English common law, or the law of nations. Polity (Greek politeia, from polis, a city) signifies the form, constitution, or method of government of a nation, state, church, or other institution; in usage it differs from economy as applying rather to the system, while economy applies especially to method, or to the system as administered; an economy might be termed a polity considered with especial reference to its practical administration, hence commonly with special reference to details or particulars, while polity has more reference to broad principles.

   Synonyms:
   canon, code, command, commandment, decree, economy, edict, enactment, formula, jurisprudence, law, legislation, mandate, order, polity, principle, regulation, rule, statute

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1. ordinance

   Synonyms:
   statute, institute, decree, law, edict, regulation, rule

   Antonyms:
   custom, usage, prescription

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1. regulation, ordinancenoun

   an authoritative rule

   Synonyms:
   ordination, regulating, regulation, regularization, rule, regularisation

2. ordinancenoun

   a statute enacted by a city government

   Synonyms:
   regulation, ordination

3. ordination, ordinancenoun

   the act of ordaining; the act of conferring (or receiving) holy orders

   "the rabbi's family was present for his ordination"

   Synonyms:
   ordering, regulation, order, ordination

Matched Categories

1. • Law
   • Legislative Act
   • Rule

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1. ordinancenoun

   Synonyms:
   decree, edict, law, enactment, statute

2. ordinancenoun

   Synonyms:
   rite, ceremony, observance, sacrament

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1. List of paraphrases for "ordinance":

   ordinances, regulations, order, decree, regulation, coiao, bill, legislation, ordonnance, prescription, poto

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1. Eric Sherman:

   There will be no more enforcement of this ordinance and the borough will go about the business of coming up with a different ordinance that does not offend the First Amendment.

2. Gilbert Villegas:

   Villegas says Chicago decided to pick up the speed of the program after president Trump was elected. This ordinance was already being worked on but there was a sense of expediency once the administration changed at the national level.

3. Morgan Ortagus:

   The United States expresses its grave concern about the Hong Kong government's proposed amendments to its fugitive offenders ordinance.

4. John Perry Barlow:

   In Cyberspace, the First Amendment is a local ordinance.

5. Willy Lam:

   Even though the mask ban is just a small move under the Emergency Ordinance, it is a dangerous first step. If the anti-mask legislation proves to be ineffective, it could lead the way to more draconian measures such as a curfew and other infringement of civil liberties.