Durance
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈd͡ʒʊəɹəns/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Durance is a noun meaning (archaic) Imprisonment; forced confinement.
Meaning
(archaic) Imprisonment; forced confinement.
More Meanings
- (obsolete) Duration.
- (obsolete) Endurance, durability.
Example Sentences
the parson concurred, saying, the Lord forbid he should be instrumental in committing an innocent person to durance.
What bootes it him from death to be unbownd, / To be captived in endlesse duraunce / Of sorrow and despeyre without aleggeaunce!
Fal. Thou ſay'ſt true Lad: is not my Hoſteſſe of the Tauerne a moſt ſweet Wench? / Prin. As is the hony, my old Lad of the Caſtle: and is not a Buffe Ierkin a moſt ſweet robe of durance?
O the mind, mind has mountains; cliffs of fall / Frightful, sheer, no-man-fathomed. Hold them cheap / May who ne’er hung there. Nor does long our small / Durance deal with that steep or deep.
Word Forms
- durances
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include emprisonment, prisonment, durancy, perduration, endurement, indurance.
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