convenance

[ kon-vuh-nahns; French kawnvuh-nahns ]

noun

, plural con·ve·nanc·es [kon, -v, uh, -nahn-siz, kaw, n, v, uh, -, nahns].

1. suitability; expediency; propriety.
2. convenances, the social proprieties or conventionalities.

convenance

/ kɔ̃vnɑ̃s /

noun

1. suitable behaviour; propriety

Word History and Origins

Origin of convenance¹

1475–85; < Anglo-French, equivalent to conven ( ir ) to be proper + -ance -ance

Word History and Origins

Origin of convenance¹

from convenir to be suitable, from Latin convenīre; see convenient

Example Sentences

Some striking instances of the Marriage de convenance being infringed on, have lately occurred in France.

From Project Gutenberg

France is the most unchanging country in the world in her habits and domestic institutions, and foremost among these is her ‘Marriage de convenance,’ or ‘Marriage de raison.’

From Project Gutenberg

In the Hellenic world, also, among the successors of Alexander the Great, there was a revoltingly large number of marriages de convenance, so that even the old Seleucos took to wife the grand-daughter of his competitor Antegonos, Lysimachos the daughter of Ptolemy etc.

From Project Gutenberg

Et si, en l'écartant on veut que le Concile prenne lui-même la responsabilité d'une définition dogmatique, il est alors de toute convenance, de toute justice, de toute nécessité qu'il ne prononce qu'après l'examen le plus approfondi.

From Project Gutenberg

Value is either a "rapport de convenance" between a man and a good, i.e., ophelimity, or is a "taux d'échange," a ratio between two goods.

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Related Words

• behavior
• fashion
• law
• manner
• method
• mode
• practice
• process
• regulation
• rule
• style
• way