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tholance

UK/ˈθəʊləns/

tholance noun: sufferance, toleration; permission; forbearance.

Noun

tholance (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete, regional) Sufferance, toleration; permission; forbearance.
    • Through the permission and tholance of God.

Origin of tholance

From thole + -ance, More at thole and thild.

Questions about tholance

What does tholance mean?
Tholance means sufferance, toleration; permission; forbearance.
What part of speech is tholance?
Tholance is a noun.
How do you pronounce tholance?
Tholance is pronounced /ˈθəʊləns/ (UK).

Words near tholance in the dictionary

  1. thoiled
  2. thoiling
  3. thoils
  4. thokcha
  5. Thokchom
  6. tholance
  7. thold
  8. thole
  9. thole pin
  10. thole pins
  11. tholed

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