- 1（地方）法規、條例；（宗教）聖禮、儀式
An ordinance is a rule that a local government makes — a city or county, not the national government. It works like a small local law: a city might pass an ordinance saying dogs must be on a leash in the park, or that shops must close by a certain hour. You will mostly meet this word in news about local government or in official documents, not in everyday talk. There is a second, quite different meaning too: in some churches, an 'ordinance' is a religious ceremony the church asks its members to take part in, such as baptism — this use is common in some Christian traditions, especially in the US.
From the word’s history
From Middle English ordinaunce, from Old French ordenance 'decree', from Medieval Latin ordinantia, from Latin ordino 'to put in order'.
源自古法文 ordenance「命令」，來自拉丁文 ordino「整理秩序」。
原始詞典資料7 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
ordinancenoun/ˈɔːdɪnəns/
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A local law, passed by e.g. a city.
- Enactive. Expositive. / Art. 57. XIII 2. The Registrative, or say Recordative: exercised, by the arrangements and operations, by which, in conformity to corresponding ordinances and mandates, the accounts, given at different periods by the exercise of the statistic function, are kept in contiguity, and in a regular series, for the purpose of reference and comparison.
- According to the weatherperson, spring arrived in Hartford, Conn., on Monday, March 20 at 6:34 p.m. But gay people here didn't need a weatherperson to feel the gust of fresh air at a hearing on the proposed gay rights ordinance before the City Council that night at 7:30.
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An edict or decree, authoritative order.
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An edict or decree, authoritative order.
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An edict or decree, authoritative order.
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An edict or decree, authoritative order.
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A religious practice or ritual prescribed by a church.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
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