Ordinance

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Ordnance; cannon.

II. Ordinance ·noun Rank; order; station.

III. Ordinance ·noun An established rite or ceremony.

IV. Ordinance ·noun Orderly arrangement; preparation; provision.

V. Ordinance ·noun 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.