- regulation, ordinance - an authoritative rule
--1 is a kind of rule, prescript
--1 has particulars: game law; age limit; assize; speed limit - ordinance - a statute enacted by a city government
--2 is a kind of legislative act, statute
Derived form: verb ordain4 - ordination, ordinance - the act of ordaining; the act of conferring (or receiving) holy orders; "the rabbi's family was present for his ordination"
--3 is a kind of appointment, assignment, designation, naming
--3 is a part of holy orders
--3 has particulars: laying on of handsDerived forms: verb ordain2, verb ordain3