tarriance

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

tarriance
    n 1: the act of tarrying [syn: {tarriance}, {lingering}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Tarriance \Tar"ri*ance\, n.
   The act or time of tarrying; delay; lateness. [Archaic]
   --Shak.
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         And after two days' tarriance there, returned.
                                                  --Tennyson.
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