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durance
[ door-uhns, dyoor- ]
Durance
1/ dyrɑ̃s /
noun
- a river in S France, rising in the Alps and flowing generally southwest into the Rhône. Length: 304 km (189 miles)
durance
2/ ˈdjʊərəns /
noun
- imprisonment
- duration
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of durance1
C15: from Old French, from durer to last, from Latin dūrāre
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Example Sentences
The two weeks of durance vile among the low castes in the steerage should be amply repaid.
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Here his charge ended, he had conveyed the Land-despoiler to durance vile.
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Here he was held in durance for some time, and was then brought to Paris to be tried for treason.
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"The best friend Christina ever had" she would surely some day see could not have lingered in the black durance that he loathed.
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But the case was very different, when Hannibal crossed from the shores of the Durance to the banks of the Po.
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