convenance
Americannoun
plural
convenances-
suitability; expediency; propriety.
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convenances, the social proprieties or conventionalities.
noun
Etymology
Origin of convenance
1475–85; < Anglo-French, equivalent to conven ( ir ) to be proper + -ance -ance
Example Sentences
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It is equally obvious to anyone who knows Philip that he is not the type to submit meekly to the dictates of a dynastic manage de convenance.
From Time Magazine Archive
The opening chapter is a picture of a lively Parisian ménage, such as many doubtless exist; a striking example of a mariage de convenance, or mis-match.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 by Various
It was not a mariage de convenance; the young people had chosen freely.
From Famous Women: George Sand by Thomas, Bertha
Think you there would be no more marriages de convenance if we were to give the benefit of our experience to the world?
From Graham's Magazine Vol. XXXII No. 2. February 1848 by Conrad, Robert Taylor
It is sure to be so in these mariages de convenance, where there is no question of love.
From Saint Michael A Romance by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)
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