<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>an authoritative rule or law; a decree or command</li><li>Synonyms: order</li><li>a public injunction or regulation: a city ordinance against excessive horn blowing</li><li>Synonyms: order</li><li>something believed to have been ordained, as by a deity or destiny</li><li>Ecclesiastical: an established rite or ceremony; a sacrament; the communion</li></ul>