Arrondissement

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Arrondissement \Ar`ron`disse`ment"\, n. [F., fr. arrondir to
     make round; ad + rond round, L. rotundus.]
     A subdivision of a department. [France]
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     Note: The territory of France, since the revolution, has been


           divided into departments, those into arrondissements,
           those into cantons, and the latter into communes.
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