forbiddance
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It came late in the first set, after Williams and Konta had tugged-of-war to 4-4 with a total forbiddance of service breaks.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 13, 2017
The Father's No. Shutting us in with its grand, gentle forbiddance.
From The Other Girls by A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train) Whitney
Mrs Rose is sorely distressed touching the forbiddance of wedded priests, which ’tis thought shall shortly be had.
From Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution by Emily Sarah Holt
That, despite the peremptory and categorical forbiddance by Bodley, Selden, and others, of lending Bodleian books and MSS., loans of both have for upwards of two centuries formed a precedent.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 14 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
Know that this lady Tohfah is my sister and that her biddance is my biddance and her forbiddance my forbiddance.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 12 [Supplement] by Sir Richard Francis Burton
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