Synonyms for ordinance
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Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Regulation
law, regulation, statute, act, decree, proclamation, edict, enactment, declaration, rule, precept, institute, ordination, appointment, fiat, rescript, prescript
2. Sacrament
Definitions
- n. 1
A local law, passed by e.g. a city.
- n. 2
An edict or decree, authoritative order. Prior to the Third English Civil War, a decree of Parliament.
Related words
- Word family
- ordnance
Forms
- Plural
- ordinances → laws, regulations, statutes, acts…
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An observance has more than a formal obligation, reaching or approaching a religious sacredness; a stated religious observance, viewed as established by authority, is called an ordinance; viewed as an established custom, it is a rite.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- regulation This new regulation is wigscratchingly difficult.
- statute He got off because of the statute of limitations.
- decree Don't ask questions! The decree comes from the top.
- proclamation Newspapers printed the proclamation.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| ordinance | falling | |
| regulation | steady | |
| statute | falling | |
| decree | falling | |
| proclamation | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- law1, act1
- 4 letters
- rule1, fiat2, rite1
- 5 letters
- edict2
- 6 letters
- decree2, byelaw
- 7 letters
- statute2, precept2
- 8 letters
- ceremony4, rescript
- 9 letters
- institute3, enactment3, sacrament3, prescript
- 10 letters
- regulation4, ordination4, observance3
- 11 letters
- appointment3, declaration4
- 12 letters
- proclamation4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (fiat2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- ordonnance
- Italiano
- ordinanza
- Español
- ordenanza
- Deutsch
- Anordnung
- Català
- ordenança