ENACTMENTS Synonyms

• the first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Hebrew Bible considered as a unit

• a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)

• issue a decree

• decide with authority

• a pronouncement encouraging or banning some activity

• showing the way by conducting or leading; imposing direction on

• (often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed

• (usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy

• a degree in a continuum of size or quantity

• established customary state (especially of society)

• logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements

• a condition of regular or proper arrangement

• a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)

• a commercial document used to request someone to supply something in return for payment and providing specifications and quantities

• a formal association of people with similar interests

• a body of rules followed by an assembly

• a group of person living under a religious rule

• (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families

• a request for something to be made, supplied, or served

• (architecture) one of original three styles of Greek architecture distinguished by the type of column and entablature used or a style developed from the original three by the Romans

• the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement

• give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority

• make a request for something

• issue commands or orders for

• bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations

• bring order to or into

• place in a certain order

• appoint to a clerical posts

• arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events

• assign a rank or rating to

• an authoritative command

• a statute enacted by a city government

• the act of ordaining; the act of conferring (or receiving) holy orders

• an authoritative command

• a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior

• the state of being controlled or governed

• (embryology) the ability of an early embryo to continue normal development after its structure has been somehow damaged or altered

• the act of bringing to uniformity; making regular

• the act of controlling or directing according to rule

• prescribed by or according to regulation

• a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior

• something regarded as a normative example

• prescribed guide for conduct or action

• (linguistics) a rule describing (or prescribing) a linguistic practice

• a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct

• the duration of a monarch's or government's power

• dominance or power through legal authority

• directions that define the way a game or sport is to be conducted

• any one of a systematic body of regulations defining the way of life of members of a religious order

• a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system

• (mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems

• measuring stick consisting of a strip of wood or metal or plastic with a straight edge that is used for drawing straight lines and measuring lengths

• exercise authority over; as of nations

• decide with authority

• be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance

• decide on and make a declaration about

• have an affinity with; of signs of the zodiac

• mark or draw with a ruler

• keep in check

• an act passed by a legislative body

• enacted by a legislative body

• a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body

• something that people do or cause to happen

• a subdivision of a play or opera or ballet

• a short performance that is part of a longer program

• a manifestation of insincerity

• perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)

• behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself

• play a role or part

• discharge one's duties

• pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind

• be suitable for theatrical performance

• have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected

• be engaged in an activity, often for no particular purpose other than pleasure

• behave unnaturally or affectedly

• perform on a stage or theater

• a graphic or vivid verbal description

• the act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features

• acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture

• the act of passing from one state or place to the next

• a section of text; particularly a section of medium length

• a way through or along which someone or something may pass

• the passing of a law by a legislative body

• a journey usually by ship

• a short section of a musical composition

• a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass

• a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another

• the motion of one object relative to another

• the act of passing something to another person

• imitating the mannerisms of another person

• acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture

• a word picture of a person's appearance and character

• acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture

• a representation by picture or portraiture

• any likeness of a person, in any medium

• representation by drawing or painting etc