tournois
Americanadjective
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
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The consumption of bread for the whole kingdom, is two millions of livres tournois, a day.
From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3 by Randolph, Thomas Jefferson
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
The permission to change one's proper name costs nine tournois, two ducats, nine carlins; and to change the surname and mode of signing, six tournois, two ducats.
From A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" by Fran?ois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)
The last order is annulled, and the value of a denier fixed at 14 to the sol tournois.
From The Coinages of the Channel Islands by Lowsley, B.
The sum to be insured is fifteen thousand livres tournois.
From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1 by Randolph, Thomas Jefferson
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