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

Synonyms:

design, getup, arrangement, pattern, format, constellation, configuration, makeup, form, layout

Usage examples:

• On the 29th of April, detachments of Bossu's and of Berghen's " band of ordonnance" were sent into Valenciennes, together with a company of the Duke of Aerschot's regiment. - "Project Gutenberg History of The Netherlands, 1555-1623, Complete", John Lothrop Motley.
• The " bands of ordonnance" were very few in number, and were to guard the frontier. - "Project Gutenberg History of The Netherlands, 1555-1623, Complete", John Lothrop Motley.
• There then appeared a royal ordonnance, proclaiming Napoleon Buonaparte an outlaw, and convoking on the instant the two chambers. - "The History of Napoleon Buonaparte", John Gibson Lockhart.