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
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
The Father's No. Shutting us in with its grand, gentle forbiddance.
From The Other Girls by A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train) Whitney
He thought wistfully of the welsher's peremptory forbiddance of all compromise—of the welsher's inexorable command to "wring the fine-feathered bird," lose whatever might be lost by it.
From Under Two Flags by Ouida
I have set my heart upon the wrestling, and in spite of your forbiddance I shall go.
From Olaf the Glorious A Story of the Viking Age by Robert Leighton
