different between ordinance vs armament

English

Alternative forms

• (obsolete) ordinaunce

Etymology

From Middle English (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).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???d(?)n?ns/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /???d(?)n?ns/

Noun

ordinance (plural ordinances)

1. A local law (US)
2. An edict or decree, authoritative order.
   1. (England) Prior to the Third English Civil War, a decree of Parliament.
   2. (Britain, pre-1992 universities, Commonwealth of Nations) Detailed legislation that translates the broad principles of the university's charter and statutes into practical effect.
   3. (Hong Kong) A law enacted by the Hong Kong Legislative Council.
   4. (India) A temporary law promulgated by the President of India on the recommendation of the Union Cabinet.
3. A religious practice or ritual prescribed by the church.

Usage notes

This word is sometimes confused with ordnance, or military weaponry.

Derived terms

• ordnance

Translations

References

• “ordinance”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Anagrams

• draconine

English

Etymology

Latin arm?mentum, from arm? (“I arm”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???(?)m?m?nt/

Noun

armament (countable and uncountable, plural armaments)

1. A body of forces equipped for war.
2. (military, naval) All the cannon and small arms collectively, with their equipments, belonging to a ship or a fortification.
3. Any equipment for resistance.
4. The process of building up military capacity.

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin arm?mentum.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /??.m??ment/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?r.m??men/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /a?.ma?ment/

Noun

armament m (plural armaments)

1. arming

Related terms

• armar

Further reading

• “armament” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “armament” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “armament” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “armament” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Romanian

Etymology

From French armement

Noun

armament n (plural armamente)

1. weaponry

Declension