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

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

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.

obedience, submission: 
( s.xiiex; MS: s.xivin )  Pliaunce (var. (R: c.1330) pliance) a vos soverains Et mesure a vos vilains  BOZ Prov (S) 41.84

[hp]

See also:

pli  pliable  pliant  plier  pliter  pliure 
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