What does "ordonnance" mean?

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

What is a synonym for "ordonnance"?

Common synonyms include: act, appointment, bill, brevet, bull, bylaw.

//ˈoɹdənəns// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Noun

1
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"

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

Borrowed from French ordonnance. Doublet of ordinance and ordnance.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.