Ordinance
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Ordinance may refer to various types of laws, rules, and regulations:
- Ordinance (university)
- A law made by a non-sovereign body such as a city council or a colony.
- In some countries, including India, France (ordonnance), Switzerland and Germany (Verordnung), a regulation adopted by the executive in a domain normally reserved for statute law after the authorization of parliament
- Used as the equivalent in English for the Japanese kenrei as opposed to modern term kenchiji or governor (of a prefecture),
In religion, it may refer to:
- That which is ordained or decreed by fate or a deity.
- An event of special significance in Baptist and other Congregational Christian churches, such as the Lord's Supper or Baptism
- Ordinance (Mormonism), an important ritual within Mormonism
[edit] See also
- Ordnance, which describes ammunition, explosive devices and similar items
- Ordnance Survey (mapmakers)
- Master-General of the Ordnance.
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