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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.