"ordinance" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɔːdɪnəns/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɔːdnəns/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈoɹdɪnəns/ [General-American], /ˈoɹdnəns/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-ordinance.ogg [US] Forms: ordinances [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English ordinaunce (ca. 1300), from Old French ordenance (“decree, command”) (modern French ordonnance), from Medieval Latin ordinantia, from ordinans, the present participle of ordino (“put in order”) (whence ordain). Doublet of ordonnance. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|ordinaunce}} Middle English ordinaunce, {{der|en|fro|ordenance|t=decree, command}} Old French ordenance (“decree, command”), {{m+|fr|ordonnance}} French ordonnance, {{der|en|la-med|ordinantia}} Medieval Latin ordinantia, {{m|la-med|ordinans}} ordinans, {{m|la|ordino|t=put in order}} ordino (“put in order”), {{m|en|ordain}} ordain, {{doublet|en|ordonnance}} Doublet of ordonnance Head templates: {{en-noun}} ordinance (plural ordinances)
  1. (US) A local law, passed by e.g. a city. Tags: US Categories (topical): Law Translations (a local law or regulation): أَمْر (ʔamr) [masculine] (Arabic), постановление (postanovlenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), разпоредба (razporedba) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 法令 (fǎlìng) (Chinese Mandarin), 條令 (Chinese Mandarin), 条令 (tiáolìng) (Chinese Mandarin), 條例 (Chinese Mandarin), 条例 (tiáolì) (Chinese Mandarin), nařízení [neuter] (Czech), zákaz [masculine] (Czech), příkaz [masculine] (Czech), säännös (Finnish), asetus (Finnish), ordonnance [feminine] (French), ordenanza [feminine] (Galician), ბრძანებულება (brʒanebuleba) (Georgian), Verfügung [feminine] (German), Verordnung [feminine] (German), अध्यादेश (adhyādeś) [masculine, plural, singular] (Hindi), 条令 (jōrei) (alt: じょうれい) (Japanese), жарлық (jarlyq) (Kazakh), 조례 (jorye) (alt: 條例) (Korean), 법령 (beomnyeong) (alt: 法令) (Korean), ordinatio [feminine] (Latin), у́редба (úredba) [feminine] (Macedonian), на́редба (náredba) [feminine] (Macedonian), Aunordnunk [feminine] (Plautdietsch), rozporządzenie [neuter] (Polish), zarządzenie [neuter] (Polish), ordynacja [feminine] (Polish), ordenança [feminine] (Portuguese), ordonanță [feminine] (Romanian), постановле́ние (postanovlénije) [neuter] (Russian), ука́з (ukáz) [masculine] (Russian), распоряже́ние (rasporjažénije) [neuter] (Russian), ордона́нс (ordonáns) [masculine] (Russian), nariadenie [neuter] (Slovak), ordenanza [feminine] (Spanish), kautusan (Tagalog), ordenansa (Tagalog), розпоря́дження (rozporjádžennja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), ука́з (ukáz) [masculine] (Ukrainian), постано́ва (postanóva) [feminine] (Ukrainian), điều lệ (alt: 條令) (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-ordinance-en-noun-HmFkSa0B Disambiguation of Law: 14 21 18 25 15 5 3 Categories (other): American English Disambiguation of 'a local law or regulation': 47 9 11 13 10 7 2
  2. An edict or decree, authoritative order.
    (England) Prior to the Third English Civil War, a decree of Parliament.
    Tags: England Categories (topical): Directives, Law
    Sense id: en-ordinance-en-noun-nrCe98Vf Disambiguation of Directives: 13 32 17 14 14 9 1 Disambiguation of Law: 14 21 18 25 15 5 3 Categories (other): English English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 46 16 11 8 1 1 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 11 41 17 16 12 2 1
  3. An edict or decree, authoritative order.
    (UK, pre-1992 universities, Commonwealth) Detailed legislation that translates the broad principles of the university's charter and statutes into practical effect.
    Tags: Commonwealth, UK Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-ordinance-en-noun-QUDEdv1- Disambiguation of Law: 14 21 18 25 15 5 3 Categories (other): British English, Commonwealth English
  4. An edict or decree, authoritative order.
    (Hong Kong) A law enacted by the Hong Kong Legislative Council.
    Tags: Hong-Kong Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-ordinance-en-noun-8grveR2- Disambiguation of Law: 14 21 18 25 15 5 3 Categories (other): Hong Kong English, Undetermined quotations with omitted translation
  5. An edict or decree, authoritative order.
    (India, Pakistan) A temporary legislation promulgated by the president on the recommendation of the cabinet.
    Tags: India, Pakistan Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-ordinance-en-noun-34J7GFhn Disambiguation of Law: 14 21 18 25 15 5 3 Categories (other): Indian English, Pakistani English
  6. A religious practice or ritual prescribed by a church. Categories (topical): Religion Translations (a religious practice or ritual prescribed by the church): обряд (obrjad) [masculine] (Bulgarian), liturgie [feminine] (Czech), ritus [masculine] (Czech), rituaali (Finnish), liturgia (Finnish), Ritus [masculine] (German), о́бред (óbred) [masculine] (Macedonian), ordynacja [feminine] (Polish), обря́д (obrjád) [masculine] (Russian), ордона́нс (ordonáns) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-ordinance-en-noun-au76ewde Disambiguation of Religion: 0 16 13 13 13 46 0 Disambiguation of 'a religious practice or ritual prescribed by the church': 5 7 7 5 4 70 1
  7. (proscribed) Alternative form of ordnance (“military equipment, especially artillery”). Tags: alt-of, alternative, proscribed Alternative form of: ordnance (extra: military equipment, especially artillery)
    Sense id: en-ordinance-en-noun-3yiEf6uU
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ordinaunce [obsolete] Derived forms: incontinent ordinance, preordinance, ordnance Translations (edict, decree, order): указ (ukaz) [masculine] (Bulgarian), декрет (dekret) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 法令 (fǎlìng) (Chinese Mandarin), 條令 (Chinese Mandarin), 条令 (tiáolìng) (Chinese Mandarin), 條例 (Chinese Mandarin), 条例 (tiáolì) (Chinese Mandarin), määräys (Finnish), käsky (Finnish), décret [masculine] (French), Anordnung [feminine] (German), Dekret [neuter] (German), Edikt [neuter] (German), Erlass [masculine] (German), Verfügung [feminine] (German), Verordnung [feminine] (German), rendelet (Hungarian), ordonansi (Indonesian), reacht [masculine] (Irish), 条令 (jōrei) (alt: じょうれい) (Japanese), жарлық (jarlyq) (Kazakh), 조례 (jorye) (alt: 條例) (Korean), 법령 (beomnyeong) (alt: 法令) (Korean), ordinatio [feminine] (Latin), у́каз (úkaz) [masculine] (Macedonian), декре́т (dekrét) [masculine] (Macedonian), forordning [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), forordning [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), ordynacja [feminine] (Polish), ордона́нс (ordonáns) [masculine] (Russian), förordning [common-gender] (Swedish), điều lệ (alt: 條令) (Vietnamese)

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          "lang": "Galician",
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          "lang": "Georgian",
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          "roman": "beomnyeong",
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          "word": "법령"
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          "code": "la",
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          "sense": "a local law or regulation",
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          "sense": "a local law or regulation",
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "a local law or regulation",
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          "word": "zarządzenie"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "a local law or regulation",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "ordynacja"
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        {
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "a local law or regulation",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "ordenança"
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
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          "word": "ordonanță"
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        {
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "postanovlénije",
          "sense": "a local law or regulation",
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          "word": "постановле́ние"
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        {
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ukáz",
          "sense": "a local law or regulation",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "ука́з"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "rasporjažénije",
          "sense": "a local law or regulation",
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          "word": "распоряже́ние"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ordonáns",
          "sense": "a local law or regulation",
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          "word": "ордона́нс"
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          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "a local law or regulation",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "nariadenie"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "a local law or regulation",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ordenanza"
        },
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          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "a local law or regulation",
          "word": "kautusan"
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          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "a local law or regulation",
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        {
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "rozporjádžennja",
          "sense": "a local law or regulation",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "розпоря́дження"
        },
        {
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "ukáz",
          "sense": "a local law or regulation",
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          "word": "ука́з"
        },
        {
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          "code": "uk",
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    },
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      },
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      "word": "postordination"
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      "word": "subordination"
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    {
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      "categories": [
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        "English English"
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        "An edict or decree, authoritative order.",
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        "(England) Prior to the Third English Civil War, a decree of Parliament."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "England"
      ]
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      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "Commonwealth English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An edict or decree, authoritative order.",
        "Detailed legislation that translates the broad principles of the university's charter and statutes into practical effect."
      ],
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        "An edict or decree, authoritative order.",
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "Commonwealth",
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Hong Kong English",
        "Undetermined quotations with omitted translation",
        "Undetermined terms with quotations"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An edict or decree, authoritative order.",
        "A law enacted by the Hong Kong Legislative Council."
      ],
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        "An edict or decree, authoritative order.",
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hong-Kong"
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Indian English",
        "Pakistani English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An edict or decree, authoritative order.",
        "A temporary legislation promulgated by the president on the recommendation of the cabinet."
      ],
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          "cabinet"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "An edict or decree, authoritative order.",
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        "Pakistan"
      ]
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          "text": "Coordinate term: sacrament"
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          "practice"
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          "ritual"
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        }
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        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "2001 November 16, Andrew E. Mathis, The King Arthur Myth in Modern American Literature, McFarland, page 196",
          "text": "The battered walls of Fort Sumter were reinforced, and heavier caliber ordinance was mounted in the embrasures, doubling the firepower , […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012 03, John Christgau, Birch Coulie: The Epic Battle of the Dakota War, U of Nebraska Press, page 57",
          "text": "The ordinance officer at Fort Ridgely had packed.62 caliber rather than .58 caliber ammunition. There was no point in any of the men remonstrating over the stupidity of the ordinance officer.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012 July 13, Gerard de Marigny, Rise to the Call, JarRyJorNo Publishing",
          "text": "Large caliber ordinance was already ripping into the floor just in front of them. She grabbed his arm and shouted the best she could, “Do you know how ... to fire a weapon, Skully?”",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "Alternative form of ordnance (“military equipment, especially artillery”)."
      ],
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          "ordnance#English"
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        [
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          "military"
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        [
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          "artillery"
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      ],
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        "alternative",
        "proscribed"
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/ˈɔːdɪnəns/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɔːdnəns/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈoɹdɪnəns/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈoɹdnəns/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
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        "obsolete"
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    }
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔamr",
      "sense": "a local law or regulation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "أَمْر"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "postanovlenie",
      "sense": "a local law or regulation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "постановление"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "razporedba",
      "sense": "a local law or regulation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "разпоредба"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fǎlìng",
      "sense": "a local law or regulation",
      "word": "法令"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "a local law or regulation",
      "word": "條令"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tiáolìng",
      "sense": "a local law or regulation",
      "word": "条令"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "a local law or regulation",
      "word": "條例"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tiáolì",
      "sense": "a local law or regulation",
      "word": "条例"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "a local law or regulation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "nařízení"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "a local law or regulation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zákaz"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "a local law or regulation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "příkaz"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a local law or regulation",
      "word": "säännös"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a local law or regulation",
      "word": "asetus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a local law or regulation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ordonnance"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "a local law or regulation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ordenanza"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "brʒanebuleba",
      "sense": "a local law or regulation",
      "word": "ბრძანებულება"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a local law or regulation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Verfügung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a local law or regulation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Verordnung"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "adhyādeś",
      "sense": "a local law or regulation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "singular"
      ],
      "word": "अध्यादेश"
    },
    {
      "alt": "じょうれい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jōrei",
      "sense": "a local law or regulation",
      "word": "条令"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "jarlyq",
      "sense": "a local law or regulation",
      "word": "жарлық"
    },
    {
      "alt": "條例",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jorye",
      "sense": "a local law or regulation",
      "word": "조례"
    },
    {
      "alt": "法令",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "beomnyeong",
      "sense": "a local law or regulation",
      "word": "법령"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "a local law or regulation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ordinatio"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "úredba",
      "sense": "a local law or regulation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "у́редба"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "náredba",
      "sense": "a local law or regulation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "на́редба"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "a local law or regulation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Aunordnunk"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a local law or regulation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "rozporządzenie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a local law or regulation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "zarządzenie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a local law or regulation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ordynacja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a local law or regulation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ordenança"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a local law or regulation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ordonanță"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "postanovlénije",
      "sense": "a local law or regulation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "постановле́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ukáz",
      "sense": "a local law or regulation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ука́з"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rasporjažénije",
      "sense": "a local law or regulation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "распоряже́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ordonáns",
      "sense": "a local law or regulation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ордона́нс"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "a local law or regulation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "nariadenie"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a local law or regulation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ordenanza"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "a local law or regulation",
      "word": "kautusan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "a local law or regulation",
      "word": "ordenansa"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "rozporjádžennja",
      "sense": "a local law or regulation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "розпоря́дження"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ukáz",
      "sense": "a local law or regulation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ука́з"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "postanóva",
      "sense": "a local law or regulation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "постано́ва"
    },
    {
      "alt": "條令",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "a local law or regulation",
      "word": "điều lệ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ukaz",
      "sense": "edict, decree, order",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "указ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "dekret",
      "sense": "edict, decree, order",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "декрет"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fǎlìng",
      "sense": "edict, decree, order",
      "word": "法令"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "edict, decree, order",
      "word": "條令"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tiáolìng",
      "sense": "edict, decree, order",
      "word": "条令"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "edict, decree, order",
      "word": "條例"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tiáolì",
      "sense": "edict, decree, order",
      "word": "条例"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "edict, decree, order",
      "word": "määräys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "edict, decree, order",
      "word": "käsky"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "edict, decree, order",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "décret"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "edict, decree, order",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Anordnung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "edict, decree, order",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Dekret"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "edict, decree, order",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Edikt"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "edict, decree, order",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Erlass"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "edict, decree, order",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Verfügung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "edict, decree, order",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Verordnung"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "edict, decree, order",
      "word": "rendelet"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "edict, decree, order",
      "word": "ordonansi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "edict, decree, order",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "reacht"
    },
    {
      "alt": "じょうれい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jōrei",
      "sense": "edict, decree, order",
      "word": "条令"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "jarlyq",
      "sense": "edict, decree, order",
      "word": "жарлық"
    },
    {
      "alt": "條例",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jorye",
      "sense": "edict, decree, order",
      "word": "조례"
    },
    {
      "alt": "法令",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "beomnyeong",
      "sense": "edict, decree, order",
      "word": "법령"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "edict, decree, order",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ordinatio"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "úkaz",
      "sense": "edict, decree, order",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "у́каз"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "dekrét",
      "sense": "edict, decree, order",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "декре́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "edict, decree, order",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "forordning"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "edict, decree, order",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "forordning"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "edict, decree, order",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ordynacja"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ordonáns",
      "sense": "edict, decree, order",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ордона́нс"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "edict, decree, order",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "förordning"
    },
    {
      "alt": "條令",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "edict, decree, order",
      "word": "điều lệ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "obrjad",
      "sense": "a religious practice or ritual prescribed by the church",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "обряд"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "a religious practice or ritual prescribed by the church",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "liturgie"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "a religious practice or ritual prescribed by the church",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ritus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a religious practice or ritual prescribed by the church",
      "word": "rituaali"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a religious practice or ritual prescribed by the church",
      "word": "liturgia"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a religious practice or ritual prescribed by the church",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Ritus"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "óbred",
      "sense": "a religious practice or ritual prescribed by the church",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "о́бред"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a religious practice or ritual prescribed by the church",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ordynacja"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obrjád",
      "sense": "a religious practice or ritual prescribed by the church",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "обря́д"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ordonáns",
      "sense": "a religious practice or ritual prescribed by the church",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ордона́нс"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "ordinance"
  ],
  "word": "ordinance"
}

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