† ordonnantadj.
Obsolete. rare.
That arranges in order; that imposes order.Only recorded in the works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
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the world > relative properties > order > [adjective] > that puts in order
ordonnantc1818
c1818 Coleridge's Lect. 1808–1819 on Lit. (1987) II. 75 The legislatorial and ordonnant Mind of civilizing Rome.
1825 S. T. Coleridge Shorter Wks. & Fragm. 18 May ii. 1290 This Chaos, the Eternal Will,..acting as the impregnant, distinctive, and ordonnant Power, enabled to become a World.
a1834 S. T. Coleridge Lit. Remains (1838) III. 32 An ample and most ordonnant conceptionist, to the tranquil empyrean of ideas he had not ascended.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2020).
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