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surseance

UK/ˈsɜːsiəns/US/ˈsɜɹsiəns/

surseance noun: peace (state of not fighting) or quiet (silence, or calmness).

Noun (1)

surseance

  1. (obsolete) peace (state of not fighting) or quiet (silence, or calmness)
    • all preachers , especially such as be of good temper , and have wisdom with conscience, ought to inculcate and beat upon a peace, silence, and surseance1641, Francis Bacon, A Wise and Moderate Discourse, Concerning Church-Affaires

Noun (2)

surseance (countable and uncountable, plural surseances)

  1. The phase of reaching an agreement with the creditors of a bankrupt company.

Forms of surseance

pluralsurseances

Origin of surseance

From Middle English *surseance (not found), from Old French surseance (“suspicion; delay”), from surseoir (“to delay”), from supersedo. More at surcease.

Questions about surseance

What does surseance mean?
Surseance means peace (state of not fighting) or quiet (silence, or calmness).
What part of speech is surseance?
Surseance is a noun.
How do you pronounce surseance?
Surseance is pronounced /ˈsɜːsiəns/ (UK).
What is the plural of surseance?
The plural of surseance is surseances.

Words near surseance in the dictionary

  1. Surry County
  2. surry fex
  3. Surry Hills
  4. surryph
  5. sursassite
  6. surseance
  7. surseances
  8. surshringar
  9. sursie
  10. sursies
  11. Sursilvan

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