ordonnance noun. ]'ɔ
:dǝnǝns,
ɔrdɔns (pl. same) M17.
[French, alt. of Old French ordenance after Old & mod. French ordonner: see ORDINANCE.]
1. Systematic arrangement, esp. of literary material or architectural parts; a plan or method of literary or artistic composition; an architectural order. Cf.
ORDINANCE 6b.
M17.Daedalus No symmetrical ordonnance in Michelangelo's composition is likely to be rigid.2. In various European countries, esp. France, an ordinance, a decree, a law.
M18.3. French History. In full
company of ordonnance. Any of those organized companies of men-at-arms who formed the beginnings of a standing army in France.
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