joyance
joyous feeling; gladness.
Origin of joyance
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How to use joyance in a sentence
Seven days had she and the king taken joyance in love, yet could not be sated therewith.
Sulamith: A Romance of Antiquity | Alexandre KuprinFor seven days did the king take joyance in her love, nor could be sated therewith.
Sulamith: A Romance of Antiquity | Alexandre KuprinBut now since we be free-men all, I and my fellows, fain would we march hence in thy train to thy honour and our joyance.
The Geste of Duke Jocelyn | Jeffery FarnolHaply your Highness will find more joyance in a lusty young knight like Sir Myles than in an old fox like myself.
Men of Iron | Howard PyleHe cannot brook the sounds of joyance that reach him down in his fen-dwelling near the hall.
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British Dictionary definitions for joyance
/ (ˈdʒɔɪəns) /
archaic a joyous feeling or festivity
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