durance vile
A long prison sentence.
In durance vile here must I wake and weep
durance
/ˈd͡ʒʊəɹəns/
noun 3name 1
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1ADJ.
innocent
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noun
1
Imprisonment; forced confinement.
What bootes it him from death to be unbownd, / To be captived in endlesse duraunce / Of sorrow and despeyre without aleggeaunce!
the parson concurred, saying, the Lord forbid he should be instrumental in committing an innocent person to durance.
2
Duration.
3
Endurance, durability.
Fal. Thou ſay'ſt true Lad: is not my Hoſteſſe of the Tauerne a moſt ſweet Wench? / Prin. As is the hony, my old Lad of the Caſtle: and is not a Buffe Ierkin a moſt ſweet robe of durance?
O the mind, mind has mountains; cliffs of fall / Frightful, sheer, no-man-fathomed. Hold them cheap / May who ne’er hung there. Nor does long our small / Durance deal with that steep or deep.
name
1
A left tributary of the Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.
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What bootes it him from death to be unbownd, / To be captived in endlesse duraunce / Of sorrow and despeyre without aleggeaunce!
Wiktionary02
the parson concurred, saying, the Lord forbid he should be instrumental in committing an innocent person to durance.
Wiktionary03
Fal. Thou ſay'ſt true Lad: is not my Hoſteſſe of the Tauerne a moſt ſweet Wench? / Prin. As is the hony, my old Lad of the Caſtle: and is not a Buffe Ierkin a moſt ſweet robe of durance?
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In some senses, durance is marked as archaic, obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.
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