biddance

noun — 2 senses

biddance

noun

Etymology From bid + -ance.

1

Synonym of bidding.

  • July 25 1801, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, letter to Robert Southey But verily, dear Southey! it will not suit you to be under any man's control, or biddances.
2

Synonym of invitation.

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