convenance

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It is equally obvious to anyone who knows Philip that he is not the type to submit meekly to the dictates of a dynastic manage de convenance.

From Time Magazine Archive

Undoubtedly this pressure of convenance was frequently, with the Germans, broken through by characteristic rectitude and firmness.

From Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. I. by Freytag, Gustav

Later on he effectually thwarted Zygmunt's desire to join in the rising of 1830, and by his persistence forced him into a reluctant mariage de convenance.

From Kościuszko A Biography by Gardner, Monica M. (Monica Mary)

In the meantime he felt that Joan's marriage de convenance was a comfortable arrangement for all parties concerned.

From Salthaven by Jacobs, W. W. (William Wymark)

Neither the climate nor "the freezing social convenance" of England pleased Mme.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20, September, 1877. by Various