Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Remembrance.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete Remembrance.

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word souvenance.

Examples

  • Thus as she had always souvenance and mind of Jesu Christ in her malady, so God comforted her and visited her in her infirmity and languor.

    The Golden Legend, vol. 6 1230-1298 1900

  • On the misty, crowded, darkening promenade he abandoned himself afresh to indulgence in the souvenance of the great critical scene of the morning.

    Clayhanger Arnold Bennett 1899

  • Car autant de fois, que les verrions, he says, qui seroit tous les jours, nous ne pourrions, si non les liscent, imaginer et reduire a notre souvenance la bonne grace facunde et geste, dont il les nous prononçait, et estimer estre comme face a face, parlans avecque luy.

    The Reign of Henry the Eighth, Volume 1 (of 3) James Anthony Froude 1856

  • [The prize was a collar of gold, enamelled with the flower of the souvenance.] "No triumph," replied the Woodville, modestly, "for thou art only, as brave knights should be, subdued by the charms of the ladies, which no breast, however valiant, can with impunity dispute."

    The Last of the Barons — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

  • This step was denoted by a letter on vellum, bound with a gold thread, placed in his cap; and having obtained the king's permission to bring the adventure of the flower of souvenance to a conclusion, the gallant

    The Last of the Barons — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

  • This step was denoted by a letter on vellum, bound with a gold thread, placed in his cap; and having obtained the king's permission to bring the adventure of the flower of souvenance to a conclusion, the gallant Anthony forwarded the articles and the enamelled flower to the Bastard of Burgundy, beseeching him to touch the latter with his knightly hand, in token of his accepting the challenge.

    The Last of the Barons — Volume 04 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

  • [The prize was a collar of gold, enamelled with the flower of the souvenance.] "No triumph," replied the Woodville, modestly, "for thou art only, as brave knights should be, subdued by the charms of the ladies, which no breast, however valiant, can with impunity dispute."

    The Last of the Barons — Volume 04 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

  • The/souvenance/flower, wrought into the collars of princes, springs up wild on field and fell.

    What Will He Do with It? — Volume 01 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

  • [Queens of England, vol.iii. p. 380] It seems that, on the Wednesday before Easter Day, 1465, as Sir Anthony was speaking to his royal sister, "on his knees," all the ladies of the court gathered round him, and bound to his left knee a band of gold adorned with stones fashioned into the letters S.S. (souvenance or remembrance), and to this band was suspended an enamelled "Forget-me - not."

    The Last of the Barons — Volume 04 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

  • Wednesday before Easter Day, 1465, as Sir Anthony was speaking to his royal sister, "on his knees," all the ladies of the court gathered round him, and bound to his left knee a band of gold adorned with stones fashioned into the letters S.S. (souvenance or remembrance), and to this band was suspended an enamelled "Forget-me-not."

    The Last of the Barons — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.