fayre

/ (fɛə) /

noun

a pseudo-archaic spelling of fair 2, fare

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decorum

the act of or need for making up one's mind.

dignified propriety of behavior, speech, dress, etc.

a company of singers, especially an organized group employed in church service.

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Words nearby fayre

fay, fayal, fayalite, faye correction, fayetteville, fayre, fayum, faze, fazed, façade, façon

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Example sentences from the Web for fayre

Sutch was the ende of the vnhappy loue of kynge Massinissa, and of the fayre and lucklesse Queene Sophonisba.
The Palace of Pleasure|William Painter
On the north side is the "market-sted," "fayre and large" as when Leland viewed it, but now converted to private uses.
Evesham|Edmund H. New
Thinck not fayre maydes, that talk and clattering with youth is of small regarde.
The Palace of Pleasure|William Painter
That this is true, example of this fayre Duchesse, who was moued wyth that desyre which pricketh others that be of Flesh and Bone.
The Palace of Pleasure|William Painter

I'll take you to lunch, and then put you on the train myself, and speed you away to Fayre.
The Little Grey House|Marion Ames Taggart

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