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Meanings of forbiddance in English

An official prohibition or edict against something.

The action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof)

Usage of forbiddance in English
1
Shutting us in with its grand, gentle forbiddance.
The Other Girls
2
I have set my heart upon the wrestling, and in spite of your forbiddance I shall go.
Olaf the Glorious: A Story of the Viking Age
3
The Lease was a strange forbiddance, a ukase issued by a tyrant, which took from children their natural liberties and rights.
The Children's Book of Christmas Stories
4
Quoth the queen, 'Know that this lady Tuhfeh is my sister and that her commandment is my commandment and her forbiddance my forbiddance.
Tales from the Arabic — Volume 02
5
Ned is an unrepealed statute of Forbiddance.
The Irrational Knot / Being the Second Novel of His Nonage
Forbiddance through the time