SINCE 1828
ordre
noun
or·dre
| \ ˈȯr-drə
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plural ordres
Definition of ordre
: a set or suite of short pieces for harpsichord or ensemble in 18th-century France
An ordre often began with several pieces in the style of an allemande, courante and sarabande, but mostly contained descriptive pieces with fanciful titles.— John Gillespie, Five Centuries of Keyboard Music, 1965
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