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ordinance [ˈɔːdɪnəns] n
an authoritative regulation, decree, law, or practice [from Old French ordenance, from Latin ordināre to set in order] ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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| She justifies her action, asserting that she was bound to obey the eternal laws of right and wrong in spite of any human ordinance. But a wise ordinance of Nature has decreed that, in proportion as the working-classes increase in intelligence, knowledge, and all virtue, in that same proportion their acute angle (which makes them physically terrible) shall increase also and approximate to the comparatively harmless angle of the Equilateral Triangle. They came to the hall, on a dark street-corner, ostensibly the quarters of an athletic club, but in reality an institution designed for pulling off fights and keeping within the police ordinance. |
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