All 6 Uses
ordinance
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The Prince
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- He killed all the malcontents who were able to injure him, and strengthened himself with new civil and military ordinances, in such a way that, in the year during which he held the principality, not only was he secure in the city of Fermo, but he had become formidable to all his neighbours.†
Chpt 8
- And beyond this, to keep the people quiet and without loss to the state, they always have the means of giving work to the community in those labours that are the life and strength of the city, and on the pursuit of which the people are supported; they also hold military exercises in repute, and moreover have many ordinances to uphold them.†
Chpt 10
- It only remains now to speak of ecclesiastical principalities, touching which all difficulties are prior to getting possession, because they are acquired either by capacity or good fortune, and they can be held without either; for they are sustained by the ancient ordinances of religion, which are so all-powerful, and of such a character that the principalities may be held no matter how their princes behave and live.†
Chpt 11
- Charles the Seventh,(*) the father of King Louis the Eleventh,(+) having by good fortune and valour liberated France from the English, recognized the necessity of being armed with forces of his own, and he established in his kingdom ordinances concerning men-at-arms and infantry.†
Chpt 13
- And this example proves it, for the kingdom of France would be unconquerable if the ordinance of Charles had been enlarged or maintained.†
Chpt 13
- And nothing honours a man more than to establish new laws and new ordinances when he himself was newly risen.†
Chpt 26 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(ordinance as in: passed the ordinance) a rule or law -- typically enacted by city government
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Much more rarely, ordinance can refer to a religious rite or to an authoritative command.