ordonnance

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US/ˈoɹdənəns/

noun

The disposition of the parts of any composition with regard to one another and the whole.

“August 15, 1833, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Table Talk their dramatic ordonnance of the parts”

OriginFrench ordonnance →
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Meanings

noun
  1. artThe disposition of the parts of any composition with regard to one another and the whole.

    August 15, 1833, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Table Talk their dramatic ordonnance of the parts

Origin

  1. Frenchordonnance
  2. Englishordonnance

Borrowed from French ordonnance. Doublet of ordinance and ordnance.

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APA

ordonnance. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ordonnance

MLA

“ordonnance.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ordonnance. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ordonnance,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ordonnance.

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