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ordinance
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Antigone
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She justifies her action, asserting that she was bound to obey the eternal laws of right and wrong in spite of any human ordinance.†
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I scorn them not, but to defy the State Or break her ordinance I have no skill.†
Did they forsooth award him special grace, And as some benefactor bury him, Who came to fire their hallowed sanctuaries, To sack their shrines, to desolate their land, And scout their ordinances?†
What ordinance of heaven have I transgressed?†

Definitions:

(1) (ordinance as in: passed the ordinance)
a rule or law -- typically enacted by city government
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
Much more rarely, ordinance can refer to a religious rite or to an authoritative command.