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
The Father's No. Shutting us in with its grand, gentle forbiddance.
From The Other Girls by Whitney, A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train)
Well, I would not so much care—should it serve you if I gave her strict forbiddance for to go?”
From The White Lady of Hazelwood A Tale of the Fourteenth Century by Rainey, W. (William)
His second, too, shouted to the crowd, using the Baron's name to enforce his words, but he might as well have shrieked forbiddance to the incoming tide.
From Princess Maritza by Brebner, Percy James
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 Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
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