durance

[door-uhns, dyoor-]

dur·ance

[door-uhns, dyoor-]
noun
1.
incarceration or imprisonment (often used in the phrase durance vile).
2.
Archaic. endurance.

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English < Middle French. See dure2, -ance
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Durance is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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durance (ˈdjʊərəns)
 
n
1.  imprisonment
2.  duration
 
[C15: from Old French, from durer to last, from Latin dūrāre]

Durance (French dyrɑ̃s)
 
n
a river in S France, rising in the Alps and flowing generally southwest into the Rhône. Length: 304 km (189 miles)

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