"pleasurance" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From pleasure + -ance. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|pleasure|ance}} pleasure + -ance Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} pleasurance (uncountable)
  1. (rare) Pleasure. Tags: rare, uncountable
    Sense id: en-pleasurance-en-noun-HzKjDmuq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ance

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          "ref": "c1540(?a1400), The “Gest Hystoriale” of the Destruction of Troy: An Alliterative Romance, London: Published for the Early English Text Society, by N. Trübner & Co., published 1869–1874, pages 112–113",
          "text": "When Cassandra hade knowyng how þe case stode, / Þat the mariage was made þo mighty betwene, / She brast out in a birre, bale to be-holde. / With a mighty noise, noye for to here, / Playnond with pytie, no pleasurance at all, / With sykyng & sorow said on this wise:— / “A! fonnet folke, why fare ye thus now, / With solas full sore, and sanges of myrthe, / At the weddyng of the weghes, þat shall to wo turne.\nYear: “Destruction of Troy”, in Middle English Compendium.",
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          "ref": "1925, Richard Le Gallienne, editor, The Le Gallienne Book of American Verse, New York, N.Y.: Boni & Liveright, page 247",
          "text": "Yet once, I mind me, Smith was forced to stay / Close in his room. Not calm as I was he; / But his noise brought no pleasurance, verily.",
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          "ref": "1959 January 5, “Don’t Fight Winter Weather in a Worn Out Car!”, in Park City Daily News, 105 year, number 4, Bowling Green, Ky., page 9",
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