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Webster 1913 Edition
Arrondissement
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Arˊronˊdisseˊment′
,Noun.
[F., fr.
arrondir
to make round; ad
+ rond
round, L. rotundus
.] A subdivision of a department.
[France]
☞ The territory of France, since the revolution, has been divided into departments, those into arrondissements, those into cantons, and the latter into communes.