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• holden
  holden

  verb

  a past participle of hold.
• Holden
  Holden

  noun

  a city in central Massachusetts.

holden

¹ American  

[hohl-duhn] / ˈhoʊl dən /

verb

Archaic.

1. a past participle of hold.

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Holden ² American  

[hohl-duhn] / ˈhoʊl dən /

noun

1. a city in central Massachusetts.

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holden British  

/ ˈhəʊldən /

verb

1. archaic a past participle of hold 1

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Example Sentences

At a meeting of the Court of Assistants, holden at Boston, Nov. 19, 1630,—present the governor, deputy-governor, Sir Richard Saltonstall, Mr. Ludlowe, Capt.

From Curiosities of History Boston, September Seventeenth, 1630-1880 by Wheildon, William W.

This ancient market town, in which the petty sessions for the High Peak are holden, is situated on the western bank of the river Wye.

From Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11 Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set. by Dugdale, Thomas Cantrell

It could only be holden in Westphalia, and almost exclusively at Dortmund or Arensberg.

From Secret Societies of the Middle Ages by Keightley, Thomas

At a Superior Court of law holden for Bath county at the court house on the 5th day of September, 1822.

From Memoir of John Howe Peyton in sketches by his contemporaries, together with some of his public and private letters, etc., also a sketch of Ann M. Peyton by Various

They were to have on them the name of the count, of the accuser, and of the accused, the charge, and the place where the court was to be holden.

From Secret Societies of the Middle Ages by Keightley, Thomas