tarriance
Americannoun
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delay.
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sojourn.
noun
Etymology
Origin of tarriance
First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English; see origin at tarry 1, -ance
Example Sentences
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Howbeit we made no longer tarriance in either of these two towns, for that my father had resolved to fix his abode in the city of Geneva.'
From In the Name of the Bodleian and Other Essays by Birrell, Augustine
Up! break the sluggish bonds Of tarriance; with loud din Cithaeron calls, Steed-taming Epidaurus, and thy hounds, Taygete; and hark! the assenting groves With peal on peal reverberate the roar.
From The Georgics by Virgil
After having finished the service in Yorkshire, I have had a week's tarriance at Harrowgate.
From Memoir and Diary of John Yeardley, Minister of the Gospel by Yeardley, John
So feared the King, And, after two days' tarriance there, returned.
From Idylls of the King by Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron
He who was born in happy hour made no tarriance; they saddled him Bavieca and threw his trappings on.
From Chronicle of the Cid by Southey, Robert
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