noun
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a secluded part of a garden laid out with trees, walks, etc
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archaic enjoyment or pleasure
Etymology
Origin of pleasance
1300–50; Middle English plesaunce < Middle French plaisance. See pleasant, -ance
Example Sentences
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Still more his soul revolted at this low animalism when that afternoon he for the first time beheld sweet Sancie playing at ball with her sisters in the pleasance of the palace of Aries.
From Romance of Roman Villas (The Renaissance) by Elizabeth W. (Elizabeth Williams) Champney
Still he partook a little of the rich repast which had been prepared, and feigned so long a false pleasance, that he almost became pleased in reality.
From Ringan Gilhaize or The Covenanters by John Galt
Experiment and officialdom have settled heavily on its sandy soil, and the wilder charm of the old pleasance has left it.
From Highways and Byways in Surrey by Hugh Thomson
The walks in the Garden of the Luxembourg are the best types of ancient palace pleasance.
From My Trip Around the World August, 1895-May, 1896 by Eleonora Hunt
Rather, I bear a general parade and smooth pleasance open to the glimpses of the moon.
From Chimney-Pot Papers by Fritz August Gottfried Endell
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