joyance
Example Sentences
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Their joyance was not in their official capacity, for there were still troublous times in the Sandwich Islands.
From Time Magazine Archive
But the joyance of the Doles could not be extinguished by such considerations, for to them had been born a son christened Sanford Ballard Dole.
From Time Magazine Archive
Hither, O fragrant of Tmolus the Golden, Come with the voice of timbrel and drum; Let the cry of your joyance uplift and embolden The God of the joy-cry; O Bacchanals, come!
From The Bacchae of Euripides by Euripedes
Ah, how great a maid's annoyance, Sick and chafed her bosom is,-- And to make her only joyance, Withered lips bestow a kiss!
From Henry of Ofterdingen: A Romance. by Friedrich von Hardenberg
Be the while thou art living An atheling wealthy, and well do I will thee Of good of the treasures; be thou to my son In deed ever friendly, and uphold thy joyance!
From The Tale of Beowulf Sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats by Anonymous
