captivance

English

Etymology

From captive +‎ -ance.

Noun

captivance (usually uncountable, plural captivances)

1. (obsolete, rare) Captivity.
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     With that he gan at large to her dilate / The whole discourse of his captivance sad […]