a French term, primarily denoting a ticket or title affixed to a bag or bundle of papers, and expressing its contents. It is also used, when applied to Spanish and some other courts, to signify a particular account of what takes place daily in the king's household, and of the chief ceremonies which are there observed. It likewise denotes those forms which regulate the decorum of conduct towards persons of various ranks and stations.

ETOILE, a town of the department of the Drome, in France, where good wine is produced. It contains 2314 inhabitants.