an authoritative order 权威性命令;训令 ■(N. Amer.)a by-law (北美)法令,法规;条令,条例
a religious rite 宗教仪式
archaic term for ordonnance 古 同ordonnance
语源
Middle English (also in the sense 'arrangement in ranks'): from Old French ordenance, from medieval Latin ordinantia, from Latin ordinare 'put in order' (see ordain)