ordonnances
- plural of ordonnance.
Example Sentences
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On the publication of the ordonnances, the members of the Chamber who were in Paris met at each others’ houses to discuss measures of resistance.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844 by Various
The references of most value are the incidental ones occurring in discussions on the improvements or in the criticisms of ordonnances on the currency.
From An Example of Communal Currency The facts about the Guernsey Market House by Harris, J. Theodore
"Sire," said one of the negotiators, "if in an hour the ordonnances are not rescinded, there will be neither king nor kingdom."
From France in the Nineteenth Century by Latimer, Elizabeth
"Come now, Governor, do you disapprove of the salute, or of any other of my military ordonnances?"
From Standish of Standish A story of the Pilgrims by Austin, Jane G. (Jane Goodwin)
For the Recueil des ordonnances des rois de France he had prepared 498 volumes x.-xiv., the preface to vol. xi. containing important researches into the French communes.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various
