From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Arrondissement \Ar'ron'disse'ment"\, noun [F., fr. arrondir to make round; ad + rond round, L. rotundus.] A subdivision of a department. [France]
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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