forbiddance
AmericanEtymology
Origin of 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 Sir Richard Francis Burton
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
It seemed, as she spoke it, introduced simply to add peremptoriness to her forbiddance.
From The Tenants of Malory Volume 1 of 3 by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Rather, how hast thou yielded to transgress The strict forbiddance, how to violate The sacred fruit forbidden!
From Paradise Lost by John Milton
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