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usherance en · NOUN

Etymology

From usher + -ance.

Meanings

  1. (obsolete, uncountable) The act of ushering.
    • Nor had it ever risen again in its more decent form, but for the accidental publication of our author's first letter, which, by a necessary train of consequences occasioned the revival of this abortive, piece, and gave usherance to its companions 1711, [Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury], Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times: