| 释义 |
or·don·nance
\ˈȯ(r)dənən(t)s\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: French, alteration of Middle French ordenance, literally, act of ordering, arrangement — more at ordinance
1. : disposition of the parts of a composition with regard to one another and the whole : arrangement, structure
< there are design and ordonnance in it — C.D.Lewis >
2. [French (compagnie d') ordonnance, literally, ordinance company; from the Ordonnance Royale (Royal Ordinance) of 1437 which created the first standing army of France] : a company of French men-at-arms
3.
a. : decree, law, order
< the ordonnances of France are so unfavorable to strangers — Tobias Smollett >
b. : an orderly compilation of a body of law on a particular subject (as of prizes and captures at sea) |