Definition of "ordinaunce" [ordinaunce]

• Obsolete form of ordinance. (noun)

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• "Yea, thei haue a certaine ordinaunce, that none shalbe slaue or bonde amonge them, but all fre, and of equalle aucthoritie and honour."
• "And this by the precepte of sainte Iames the Apostle, and by the ordinaunce of Felix, the fourthe Pope after Sainte Peter: was giuen only to them that laie in dyeng, being of full age, and requyring it."
• "Lordes Supper was not by Christes ordinaunce reserued, caryed about, lyfted vp, or worshipped."