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ord·nance  audio  (ôrdnns) KEY 

NOUN:
  1. Military materiel, such as weapons, ammunition, combat vehicles, and equipment.
  2. The branch of an armed force that procures, maintains, and issues weapons, ammunition, and combat vehicles.
  3. Cannon; artillery.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English ordnaunce, variant of ordinaunce, order, military provision ; see ordinance


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