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The act of tarrying
Answer for the clue "The act of tarrying ", 9 letters:
tarriance
Word definitions for tarriance in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the act of tarrying [syn: lingering ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context obsolete rare English) The act of tarrying; dalliance
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tarriance \Tar"ri*ance\, n. The act or time of tarrying; delay; lateness. [Archaic] --Shak. And after two days' tarriance there, returned. --Tennyson.
Usage examples of tarriance.
A letter written by Martha Yeardley from this city, contains some notice of the social and religious life by which their tarriance in foreign cities was characterised, and of her own peculiar position as a gospel minister.