Dictionary Entry
ordinance
ordinance is a 9-letter English word with 8 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Orderly arrangement; preparation; provision. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 15 · 8 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
Orderly arrangement; preparation; provision.
- 2noun
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.
- 3noun
An established rite or ceremony.
- 4noun
Rank; order; station.
- 5noun
Ordnance; cannon.
- 6noun
the act of ordaining; the act of conferring (or receiving) holy orders
"the rabbi's family was present for his ordination"
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- 7noun
a statute enacted by a city government
- 8noun
an authoritative rule
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