forbiddance
Example Sentences
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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
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 Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
Well, I would not so much care—should it serve you if I gave her strict forbiddance for to go?”
From The White Lady of Hazelwood A Tale of the Fourteenth Century by Rainey, W. (William)
It seemed, as she spoke it, introduced simply to add peremptoriness to her forbiddance.
From The Tenants of Malory Volume 1 of 3 by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan
The Father's No. Shutting us in with its grand, gentle forbiddance.
From The Other Girls by Whitney, A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train)
