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‖ arrondissement|arɔ̃dismɑ̃|
[Fr., f. arrondiss- lengthened stem of arrondir: see prec. and -ment.]
1. The action of rounding off an outline. rare.
1815Scott Paul's Lett. (1839) 171 Arrondissements..under sanction of which cities and..kingdoms have been passed from one government to another.
2. An administrative sub-division of the departments of France, comprising a number of communes.
1807Pinkerton Mod. Geog. (1811) 121 The electoral colleges of the arondissements or districts. 1863Kinglake Crimea (1876) I. xiv. 259 The Deputies assembled at the Mayoralty of the 10th arrondissement. |