[ˈɔːd(ɪ)nəns], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an authoritative order

- a religious rite
(e.g: his strict observance of religious ordinances was no doubt quickened by the remorse he felt)



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Origin:
Middle English (also in the sense ‘arrangement in ranks’): from Old French ordenance, from medieval Latin ordinantia, from Latin ordinare ‘put in order’ (see ordain)