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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

OR'DONNANCE, n. In painting, the disposition of the parts of a picture, either in regard to the whole piece or to the several parts.

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: French, alteration of Middle French ordenance ordinance Date: 1644 disposition of the parts (as of a literary composition) with regard to one another and the whole ; arrangement

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. the systematic arrangement esp. of literary or architectural work. Etymology: F f. OF ordenance: see ORDINANCE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Ordonnance Or"don*nance, n. [F. See Ordinance.] (Fine Arts) The disposition of the parts of any composition with regard to one another and the whole. Their dramatic ordonnance of the parts. --Coleridge.