ordonnance
noun
the arrangement or disposition of parts, as of a building, picture, or literary work.
ordonnances
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pluralof ordonnance.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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As we have seen, these ordonnances even in foreign countries spread dismay.
From France in the Nineteenth Century by Elizabeth Latimer
In France successive ordonnances from 1330 to 1672 forbade the mixing of two wines together under the penalty of a fine and the confiscation of the wine.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
Some implored the king to treat with the insurgents; some to put himself at the head of his troops; some to sacrifice the ordonnances and the most obnoxious of his ministers.
From France in the Nineteenth Century by Elizabeth Latimer
They state that Charles the Tenth sent a deputation to the provisional government offering to withdraw the ordonnances, and to form a new ministry.
From The Idler in France by Marguerite, Countess of Blessington
The revolution of 1830 took place in defence of the charter which Charles X. had violated by the ordonnances of July, so that this charter was naturally preserved under the “July Monarchy.”
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 8 "France" to "Francis Joseph I." by Various
