† tholancen.
Scottish. Obsolete.
Sufferance, toleration; cf. tholing n. 2.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > [noun] > permission by non-intervention or toleration
sufferancea1300
allowancea1402
tholance1446
tholing1457
sufferingc1460
low1535
connivinga1648
Nelson eye1893
the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > gentleness or mildness > [noun] > tolerance or forbearance
tholea1325
tholance1446
tholing1457
sufferingc1460
tolerancya1556
toleration1582
forbearance1599
tolerance1765
tolerantism1824
tolerism1851
tolerationism1898
1446 in C. Innes Registrum Episcopatus Brechinensis (1856) I. 109 Hed ony richt to ye said tak bot anerly of tholance.
1470 Regr. Aberbrothoc (Bannatyne Club) 162 Suppos the said abbot and conuent dois ws fauor in the sasyng of the said anwellis.., of thar gracious tholance and prestance.
1479 Act. Dom. Conc. (1839) 39/1 Gife..his predecessouris occupijt þe said acris.., and quheþir as malaris, or tholance or propirte to þe chapellanery.
c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 161 Throu the permissioun and tholaunce of god.
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