Definition of "ordinances" []

• Plural form of ordinance. (noun)

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• "The problem with the D.C. and Chicago ordinances is that they are handgun bans masquerading as licensing requirements."
• "In retrospect, though it would take me a while to come to this conclusion, I would have to say that Baptist views of these ordinances is shaped not by real theology so much as opposition to Catholic teaching; in other words, the Baptists say baptism does nothing precisely because Catholics say it does something."
• "O doctor, the Koranic ordinance of ordinances is the knowledge of Allah Almighty; that, which is the initiative of all others, is the testifying there is no god but the God and Mohammed is the Apostle of God; that, of which all others have need, is the"