convenance
Americannoun
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convenances
plural
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suitability; expediency; propriety.
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convenances, the social proprieties or conventionalities.
noun
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Etymology
Origin of convenance
1475–85; < Anglo-French, equivalent to conven ( ir ) to be proper + -ance -ance
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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
Lady Betty was the widow of a rich gentleman, to whom she had been married but a few years, when death ended what could not have ever been more than a mariage de convenance.
From Her Season in Bath A Story of Bygone Days by Emma Marshall
Value is either a "rapport de convenance" between a man and a good, i.e., ophelimity, or is a "taux d'échange," a ratio between two goods.
From Social Value A Study in Economic Theory Critical and Constructive by Benjamin M. (Benjamin McAlester) Anderson
Later on he effectually thwarted Zygmunt's desire to join in the rising of 1830, and by his persistence forced him into a reluctant mariage de convenance.
From Kościuszko A Biography by Monica M. (Monica Mary) Gardner
She, therefore, contrives, without transgressing the higher convenances, to banish all ceremonial stiffness from her parties, and to import in its place an atmosphere of cheerful gaiety and musical refinement.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, June 28 1890 by Various
It showed a disregard of les convenances which good society is the first to resent.
From Piccadilly A Fragment of Contemporary Biography by Laurence Oliphant
There he will surrender himself to the existing order and convenances of society, since, so soon as he enters the salon, he conducts himself strictly by the rules of etiquette.
From The Student-Life of Germany by William Howitt
Polly was having her first lesson in the troublesome convenances of life, and to the affectionate, ardent girl it was singularly unpalatable.
From Heriot's Choice A Tale by Rosa Nouchette Carey
"Ah, my countrymen," I thought, "you do a hundred crazy things, you crush les convenances under foot, you can be fooled by frantic visionaries, but how I love you!"
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