A religious practice or ritual prescribed by the church.
Origin
From Middle English ordinaunce (ca. 1300), from Old French ordenance (Modern French ordonnance) "decree, command", from Middle Latin ordinantia, from ordinans, the present participle of Latin ordinare "put in order" (whence ordain).
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