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ordenanza.

(a loanword from Spanish)

Headword: 
ordenanza.
Principal English Translation: 

ordinance (often found in the plural), often a ruling from the town council (cabildo)
(a loanword from Spanish)

Attestations from sources in English: 

yn corregidor...quimochiviliz hordenaças (Tlaxcala, 1547)
Beyond the Codices, eds. Arthur J.O. Anderson, Frances Berdan, and James Lockhart (Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center, 1976), Doc. 22.

yn ihuqui ipan catqui centetl nenonotzalli yvan notenavatil yvan hordenaças yn oncan catqui pena (Tlaxcala, 1547)
Beyond the Codices, eds. Arthur J.O. Anderson, Frances Berdan, and James Lockhart (Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center, 1976), Doc. 22.

yuh yetivitz tlatlalili yn ordenaças del capildo yn ipan altepetl mexco [Mexico City (by Coyoacan writer?), 1557]
Beyond the Codices, eds. Arthur J.O. Anderson, Frances Berdan, and James Lockhart (Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center, 1976), Doc. 35.

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

in itoca hordenançaz = las llamadas ordenanzas (Cuauhtinchan, Puebla, s. XVI)
Luis Reyes García, "Ordenanzas para el gobierno de Cuauhtinchan, año de 1559," Estudios de Cultura Náhuatl 10 (1972), 252–253.

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