ordonnance

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: or=don=nance

CIDE DICTIONARY

ordonnance, n. [F. See Ordinance.].

 The disposition of the parts of any composition with regard to one another and the whole.  [1913 Webster]
"Their dramatic ordonnance of the parts."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

ordonnance, n. the systematic arrangement esp. of literary or architectural work.

Etymology

F f. OF ordenance: see ORDINANCE

ROGET THESAURUS

ordonnance

Legality

N legality, legitimacy, legitimateness, legislature, law, code, corpus juris, constitution, pandect, charter, enactment, statute, rule, canon, ordinance, institution, regulation, bylaw, byelaw, decree, ordonnance, standing order, plebiscite, legal process, form, formula, formality, rite, arm of the law, habeas corpus, fieri facias, jurisprudence, nomology, legislation, codification, equity, common law, lex, lex nonscripta, law of nations, droit des gens, international law, jus gentium, jus civile, civil law, canon law, crown law, criminal law, statute law, ecclesiastical law, administrative law, lex mercatoria, constitutionalism, constitutionality, justice, court, tribunal, judge, lawyer, attorney, legal counsel, legal, legitimate, according to law, vested, constitutional, chartered, legalized, lawful, statutable, statutory, legislatorial, legislative, regulatory, regulated, legally, in the eye of the law, de jure, ignorantia legis neminem excusat, ignorance of the law is no excuse, where law ends tyranny begins.