tournois

American  

[toor-nwah, toor-nwa] / tʊərˈnwɑ, turˈnwa /

adjective

1. (of coins) minted in Tours, France.

   livre tournois.

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Etymology

Origin of tournois

1400–50; < French, Middle French tournois of Tours < Medieval Latin Turōnēnsis , equivalent to Turōn ( ēs ) Tours + -ēnsis -ensis; replacing late Middle English Tourneys < Anglo-French

Example Sentences

Twenty-six livres tournois, or old French currency, were declared to be equivalent to one pound sterling, which was, and is now, the current rate.

From The Coinages of the Channel Islands by Lowsley, B.

The absolution of an apostate and a vagabond, who wishes to return into the pale of the Church, costs twelve tournois, three ducats, six carlins.

From A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" by Fran?ois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)

The gold pieces up to the present in circulation are the pieces of 24 and 48 livres tournois.

From The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 by Shaw, William Arthur

This was to meet the objections which were raised to the adoption of the English standard with regard to wheat rents, and other mortgages, which were estimated in the old currency tournois.

From The Coinages of the Channel Islands by Lowsley, B.

The decimal system was adopted in place of the old system of livres tournois, seigniorage was abolished, and fixation of value given to the unit money, and billon money discontinued.

From The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 by Shaw, William Arthur