ORDONNANCE


Meaning of ORDONNANCE in English

ˈȯ(r)dənən(t)s noun

( -s )

Etymology: French, alteration of Middle French ordenance, literally, act of ordering, arrangement — more at ordinance

1. : disposition of the parts of a composition with regard to one another and the whole : arrangement , structure

there are design and ordonnance in it — C.D.Lewis

2.

[French ( compagnie d' ) ordonnance, literally, ordinance company; from the Ordonnance Royale (Royal Ordinance) of 1437 which created the first standing army of France]

: a company of French men-at-arms

3.

a. : decree , law , order

the ordonnances of France are so unfavorable to strangers — Tobias Smollett

b. : an orderly compilation of a body of law on a particular subject (as of prizes and captures at sea)

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