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Definition of Pastance
1. a pastime [n -S] - See also: pastime
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pastance
Literary usage of Pastance
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by Shakespeare Society (Great Britain) (1847)
"5 pastance.] Passe-temps, pastime, sport. So in act iv., sc. vi. " Do ye think,
Dame Custance ... Truly, most dear spouse, nought was done but for pastance. ..."
2. Court and Society from Elizabeth to Anne by William Drogo Montagu Manchester (1864)
"In Harry's ' pastance with Good Company,' his favourite ballad, of which he wrote
the music, and perhaps the words, the sentiment of his life is expressed ..."
3. Vernacular Writings of George Buchanan by George Buchanan (1892)
"—Montgomerie, ' The Flyting," 11. 573, 574. 15. Ane pastance ... Let him sit
thair with ane mischance, And let us go to our pastance. ..."
4. The Poems of William Dunbar by William Dunbar, Aeneas James George Mackay, George Powell McNeill (1893)
"pastance=pastime. Fr. passe-temps. ... pastance ?" —' The Palice of Honour,' ip
17,1. 14. " pastance ..."
5. A Supplement to Dodsley's Old Plays by Robert Dodsley, Thomas Amyot, Alexander Dyce, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1853)
"And now am I sent to dame Christian Custance ; But I feare it will ende with a
mock for pastance.5 1 Our dumps."] A tune : generally a mournful one. ..."
6. A Select Collection of Old English Plays by William Carew Hazlitt, Robert Dodsley, Richard Morris (1874)
"And now am I sent to dame Christian distance; But I fear it will end with a mock
for pastance.1 I bring her a ring with a token in a clout, And by all guess ..."
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