† surseance Obs.
Also 6 -seaunce, -ceaunce, -ceyance, 6–7 -ceance.
[a. OF. surseance, -ceance, -coyance (mod.F. surséance), f. surseoir: see surcease and -ance.]
(A) cessation or suspension (of hostilities).
| 1523 St. Papers Hen. VIII, IV. 72 If he woll not accept the surseaunce of warre. a 1548 Hall Chron., Hen. VIII, 249 Beyng at the same tyme a surceaunce made on bothe sides. 1579 Fenton Guicciard. xviii. 1037 A surseance of armes to thend to giue sufferance and tyme to treate a peace. a 1648 Ld. Herbert Hen. VIII (1683) 601 A Surseance of War for five or six days was concluded. |