(US) A local law, passed by e.g. a city. / (England) Prior to the Third English Civil War, a decree of Parliament.

The act of ordaining or the state of being ordained. / (Christianity) The ceremony in which a priest is consecrated, considered a sacrament in the Catholic and Orthodox churches.

plural of ordinance

plural of ordination

(obsolete) One who ordains.

Ordaining; decreeing.

plural of ordo

Tending to ordain; directing; giving orders.

plural of ordinate

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ordinate