or|don|nance

or|don|nance
or|don|nance «AWR duh nuhns; French awr daw nahnS», noun.
1. the arrangement or disposition of parts, as of a building, a picture, or a literary composition.
2. a decree or law.
[< Middle French ordonnance, alteration of Old French ordenance; see etym. under ordinance (Cf.ordinance)]

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