ordinance
A religious practice or ritual prescribed by a church.
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Wilkes-Barre Times Leader: Exeter Borough Approves A.I. Data Center Zoning Ordinance Amendment www.timesleader.com/news/1740939...
The US military would either be bombing Iranian infrastructure or making military rubble bounce. After the massive amount of ordinance already used.
City of Clarksville moves forward with ordinance requiring sprinklers in stacked duplexes
Buscher Vetoes STAR Bond District Ordinance
Mayor vetoes STAR ordinance, gets blowback
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A religious practice or ritual prescribed by a church.
“Israel has most available ordinance I imagine….. Chuck Schumer’s wet dream come true…..”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Waukee bike ordinance proposal draws criticism from community”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Lee Gianetti says they're going to come to the Council with a proposal for how to do "ordinance reviews" with the Council, with an eye to Boards and Commissions.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Fun fact: my very first piece in the Urbanist was about the first (didn't end up passing) version of this drug ordinance. And now here we are two and a half years later admitting it doesn't work very well.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Denver mayor rejects a DOJ demand to repeal the city’s 37-year-old assault weapons ban. Justice department officials claim the local ordinance violates the Second Amendment, but Johnston says the city maintains legal authority to regulate firearms for public safety.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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An edict or decree, authoritative order.
"ordinance" means: An edict or decree, authoritative order.. This is a fairly neutral word with no inherent risk attached. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than something dangerous. If your child uses it, context will usually make the meaning clear. A brief, curious question about where they heard it is generally enough to know whether to follow up.
"ordinance" means: An edict or decree, authoritative order.. Register: neutral, standard English, usable in most everyday contexts. A common non-native mistake is to use the word in the wrong register, or to assume one fixed meaning when it is actually polysemous; always check the surrounding register and the audience before producing it yourself. In formal writing, prefer a neutral synonym or a short descriptive phrase, and use this word only when you have heard or read it being used naturally in a comparable context.
“Wilkes-Barre Times Leader: Exeter Borough Approves A.I. Data Center Zoning Ordinance Amendment www.timesleader.com/news/1740939...”
— Bluesky· May 2026“The US military would either be bombing Iranian infrastructure or making military rubble bounce. After the massive amount of ordinance already used.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“City of Clarksville moves forward with ordinance requiring sprinklers in stacked duplexes”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Buscher Vetoes STAR Bond District Ordinance”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Mayor vetoes STAR ordinance, gets blowback”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(US) A local law, passed by e.g. a city.
Enactive. Expositive. / Art. 57. XIII 2. The Registrative, or say Recordative: exercised, by the arrangements and operations, by which, in conformity to corresponding ordinances and mandates, the accounts, given at different periods by t…
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