Both Uses of
ordinance
in
Tess of the d'Urbervilles
- He expressed his willingness to listen, and she told the story of the baby's illness and the extemporized ordinance.†
Chpt 2 *
- He was incensed against his fate, bitterly disposed towards social ordinances; for they had cooped him up in a corner, out of which there was no legitimate pathway.†
Chpt 5
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) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much more rarely, ordinance can refer to a religious rite or to an authoritative command.