biddance

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English

Etymology

From bid +‎ -ance.

Noun

biddance (countable and uncountable, plural biddances)

  1. Synonym of bidding
    • July 25 1801, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, letter to Robert Southey
      But verily, dear Southey! it will not suit you to be under any man's control, or biddances.
  2. Synonym of invitation (Can we add an example for this sense?)