disobeisance

English

Etymology

French désobéissance.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪs.əˈbeɪ.zəns/

Noun

disobeisance (countable and uncountable, plural disobeisances)

1. (obsolete) disobedience
   • 1548, Edmund Gest, A treatise againste the preuee masse […] :

     Canceled owte of the masse boke, as heresye to God and disobeysaunce to the King.

References

• “disobeisance”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.