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[ordenation] (c.1270)
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[ordenation] (c.1270)

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ordenacion,  ordinatiun;  ordinatio  
  FEW:  ordinare 7,398b Gdf:  ordinacion 5,617c / ordonation 5,621a GdfC: ∅ TL: ordinacïon 6,1197 DEAF:  ordener (ordinacion)  DMF:  ordination  / ordonnation  TLF:  ordination  OED:  ordination n.  MED:  ordinacioun n.  DMLBS:  ordinatio 2050a

This term, a more Latinized synonym for ordenance or ordenement, is relatively rare in Anglo-Norman. The attestations from Lib Alb are probably Latin (with vernacular words and phrases appearing in a Latin context).

s.

rule, directive: 
( c.1270; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Pur ceo est bele veirement La costume de indiene gent [...] del rei l'ordinatiun, [...] Ke le rei en l'an une feiz S'aparrait entre tute sa gent  605
♦lawmerch.decree or enactment made by a guild or municipality: 
( MS: 1419 )  Ordinatio dé bowiers et flecchers  735
( MS: 1419 )  Ordinatio qe nulle gette en Thamise jonkes, estreim, robous, ne ordure  579
mettre a l'ordenement de
statusto place under the authority of: 
( 1297 )  Nous, pur nous, et pur nos heyrs, haut et bas, du tot nous sumes mis a la volenté au dit, et al ordenacion du dit Roy d'Engleterre  i 853

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See also:

ordenaire  ordenairement  ordenal  ordenalment  ordenance  ordenation  ordene  ordenement  ordenément  ordener1  ordenour  ordre  ordré 
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