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
In spite of the formal forbiddance of the Bishop of Petræa, he undertook, strong in what he judged to be his rights, to betake himself to Montreal.
From The Makers of Canada: Bishop Laval by Leblond de Brumath, Adrien
He thought wistfully of the welsher's peremptory forbiddance of all compromise—of the welsher's inexorable command to "wring the fine-feathered bird," lose whatever might be lost by it.
From Under Two Flags by Ouida
Rather, how hast thou yielded to transgress The strict forbiddance, how to violate The sacred fruit forbidden!
From Paradise Lost by Milton, John
The Father's No. Shutting us in with its grand, gentle forbiddance.
From The Other Girls by Whitney, A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train)
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