Biddance

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of bidding. countable, uncountable

    "July 25 1801, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, letter to Robert Southey But verily, dear Southey! it will not suit you to be under any man's control, or biddances."

  2. 2
    Synonym of invitation. countable, uncountable

Example

More examples

"July 25 1801, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, letter to Robert Southey But verily, dear Southey! it will not suit you to be under any man's control, or biddances."

Etymology

From bid + -ance.

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