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forbiddance|fəˈbɪdəns| [f. as prec. + -ance.] The action of forbidding, an instance of this; prohibition, interdiction; also, a command or edict against (something).
1608–11Bp. Hall Epist. v, Forbiddance doth but whet desire. 1739Cibber Apol. (1756) I. 180 This absolute forbiddance of what they had more mind to have been entertain'd with. 1855R. Boyle B. v. Wiseman 26 The act of forbiddance to say mass. 1873Ouida Pascarèl I. 98 My father's forbiddance had taken from me many of my old pleasures. |