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ordonnance
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Under the French Government , an ordonnance (French for "ordinance") is a statutory instrument issued by the Council of Ministers in an area of law normally reserved for primary legislation enacted by the French Parliament . They should not be confused ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ordonnance \Or"don*nance\, n. [F. See Ordinance .] (Fine Arts) The disposition of the parts of any composition with regard to one another and the whole. Their dramatic ordonnance of the parts. --Coleridge.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context art English) The disposition of the parts of any composition with regard to one another and the whole.
Usage examples of ordonnance.
The ordonnance colors, quartered crosswise, violet and dead leaf, with a sprinkling of golden fleurs-de-lis, left the white-colored flag, with its fleurdelisee cross, to dominate over the whole.