durance

• Then the poor little prisoners were permitted to come out of durance, and--still under strict surveillance--to join the royal party. —  The White Rose of Langley A Story of the Olden Time
• On that day there lay in durance, awaiting execution, "a notable prisoner, called Barabbas," who had been found guilty of sedition, in that he had incited the people to insurrection, and had committed murder. —  Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern
• He had been but lately released from durance, and was standing privily in the hall and saw the adventure of the damsel with the sword. —  King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys ; Girls
• It is enough that certain of our fellow-townsmen are in durance, and I go to release them. —  The Mayor of Troy
• Dutton lit a cigar to while away the term of durance, and was disconsolately looking out at the door of the smithy, when he observed one of the Bromley grooms trotting smartly down the road He hailed the man, who touched his hat with alacrity. —  Bluebell A Novel

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