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Law :: Law (n.) Any edict, decree, order, ordinance, statute, resolution, judicial, decision, usage, etc., or recognized, and enforced, by the controlling authority..

Ordinance :: Ordinance (n.) Orderly arrangement; preparation; provision.

Ordinance :: Ordinance (n.) 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..

Profane :: Profane (a.) To violate, as anything sacred; to treat with abuse, irreverence, obloquy, or contempt; to desecrate; to pollute; as, to profane the name of God; to profane the Scriptures, or the ordinance of God..

Defence :: Defence (n.) Prohibition; a prohibitory ordinance.

Illuminati :: Illuminati (v. t.) Members of a sect which sprung up in Spain about the year 1575. Their principal doctrine was, that, by means of prayer, they had attained to so perfect a state as to have no need of ordinances, sacraments, good works, etc.; -- called also Alumbrados, Perfectibilists, etc..

Ordinance :: Ordinance (n.) An established rite or ceremony.

Subordinancy :: Subordinance (a.) Alt. of Subordinanc.

Clergyman :: Clergyman (n.) An ordained minister; a man regularly authorized to preach the gospel, and administer its ordinances; in England usually restricted to a minister of the Established Church..

Sign :: Sign (n.) That which, being external, stands for, or signifies, something internal or spiritual; -- a term used in the Church of England in speaking of an ordinance considered with reference to that which it represents..

Placet :: Placet (n.) The assent of the civil power to the promulgation of an ecclesiastical ordinance.

Record :: Record (v. t.) An official contemporaneous writing by which the acts of some public body, or public officer, are recorded; as, a record of city ordinances; the records of the receiver of taxes..

Release :: Release (n.) To loosen; to relax; to remove the obligation of; as, to release an ordinance..

Ordinance :: Ordinance (n.) Ordnance; cannon.

Disordinance :: Disordinance (n.) Disarrangement; disturbance.

Proclamation :: Proclamation (n.) That which is proclaimed, publicly announced, or officially declared; a published ordinance; as, the proclamation of a king; a Thanksgiving proclamation..

Assize :: Assize (n.) A statute or ordinance in general. Specifically: (1) A statute regulating the weight, measure, and proportions of ingredients and the price of articles sold in the market; as, the assize of bread and other provisions; (2) A statute fixing the standard of weights and measures..

Ordinance :: Ordinance (n.) Rank; order; station.

Coordinance :: Coordinance (n.) Joint ordinance.

Sacrament :: Sacrament (n.) One of the solemn religious ordinances enjoined by Christ, the head of the Christian church, to be observed by his followers; hence, specifically, the eucharist; the Lord's Supper..

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