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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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 Thomson, Hugh
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 Champney, Elizabeth W. (Elizabeth Williams)
It bounded one side of Heronsbourne Park but did not at any point of its length give access to that pleasance.
From Max Carrados by Bramah, Ernest
Only the prospect of the Trent Valley and the Derbyshire foot-hills, visible beyond the pleasance, still pleased; and this view was vague and sad and distant.
From The Great House by Weyman, Stanley John
The pleasance was all abloom with flowers, for the month was May, but the ladies in their gauzy robes of delicate rainbow hues were lovelier far than the favourites of Flora.
From Romance of Roman Villas (The Renaissance) by Champney, Elizabeth W. (Elizabeth Williams)
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