Durances is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.
You can make 460 anagrams from letters in durances (acdenrsu).
1400-50; late Middle English Middle French. See dure2, -ance
Loris used his influence with the authorities to keep Joseph in durance.
Note a similar liberty allowed to Paul when in durance, Acts 24:23.
It gainsayeth those who would accuse us of rigour in his durance.
So the goddess was led away and kept in durance and in misery.
But once on the wall, it was no trick to snatch the damsel from her durance vile.
"Job" had escaped from durance vile and was seeking companionship.
Fortunately for Delia's nerves they were not kept long in durance vile.
If Master Walgrave were in durance vile, where was my mistress and her family?
Restraint, durance, confinement under arrest, or in the bilboes.
In a few minutes it was re-opened, and the men issued one by one from durance vile.