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† boˈbance Obs.
Also 4–5 bob(b)aunce.
[a. OF. bobance (also boban, -ant) arrogance, pomp: cf. Pr. bobansa of same meaning. See Diez.]
Boasting, pride, pomp.
c1325E.E. Allit. P. B. 179 Bobaunce & bost & bolnande priyde. c1380Sir Ferumb. 383 Y..am y-come wyþ þe to fiȝt? for al þy grete bobbaunce. c1386Chaucer Wife's Prol. 569 Certeinly I sey for no bobance, Yet was I neuere withouten purueiance Of mariage. 1523Ld. Berners Froiss. I. cccxcix. 693 For all the great pride and bobance that they were of before. 1534― Gold. Bk. M. Aurel. (1546) A a vj b, How often we trust the bobance of this world.
b. concr. in pl. ‘Pomps and vanities.’
1475Bk. Noblesse 80 Escheweng alle costius arraiementis of clothing, garmentis, and bobauncees. |