pliance (s.xiiex)
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pliance (s.xiiex)

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[ hap]

[ FEW: 9,68b plicare; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: ∅; TL: 7,1160 plïance; DEAF:  ploiier (plïance); DMF: ∅; TLF: ∅; OED: ∅; MED: ∅; DMLBS: ∅ ]
pliaunce  

This appears to be a hapax, a form invented by Bozon from the present participle of plier. It came into use in English from 1607 (pliance n.).

s.

1obedience, submission: 
( s.xiiex; MS: s.xivin )  Pliaunce (var. (R: c.1330) pliance) a vos soverains Et mesure a vos vilains  (S) 41.84
pli  pliable  pliant  plier  pliter  pliure 
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