tarriance
[ tar-ee-uhns ]
nounArchaic.
delay.
sojourn.
Origin of tarriance
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How to use tarriance in a sentence
After having finished the service in Yorkshire, I have had a week's tarriance at Harrowgate.
Memoir and Diary of John Yeardley, Minister of the Gospel | John YeardleyMaking these Tents stronger or slighter, according to the time of their tarriance.
Seeing him come and somewhat provoked at his long tarriance, she began to rail at him, saying, 'Devil take the man!
The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio | Giovanni BoccaccioUpon this we began to be weary of our abode in the whale, and our tarriance there did much trouble us.
Lucian's True History | Lucian of Samosata
British Dictionary definitions for tarriance
tarriance
/ (ˈtærɪəns) /
noun
an archaic word for delay
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