holden
verb
a past participle of hold.
holden
1 American
[hohl-duhn]
/ ˈhoʊl dən /
verb
Archaic.
Holden
2
American
[hohl-duhn]
/ ˈhoʊl dən /
noun
holden
British
/ ˈhəʊldən /
verb
Example Sentences
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After Skiddaw, we walked to Ireby, the oldest market town in Cumberland, where we were greatly amused by a country dancing-school 215 holden at the Tun.
From Oxford Lectures on Poetry by Bradley, Andrew Cecil
This, were I not holden by penury unjustly, would be possible.
From Transcendentalism in New England A History by Frothingham, Octavius Brooks
Long before we see it, it was there, but our eyes were holden.
From Diana Tempest, Volume III (of 3) by Cholmondeley, Mary
His eyes were holden that he saw not.
From Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. by Fuller, Margaret
In Kent all land is presumed to be holden by this tenure until the contrary is proved, but some lands have been disgavelled by particular statutes.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various
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