the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. Enjoyment; gayety; festivity; joyfulness.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. Enjoyment; rejoicing; festivity; gladness.
Word Usage
"They spent the night in joyance and harmony and telling tale after tale until morning dawned, when the Caliph laid an hundred gold pieces under the prayer-carpet and all taking leave of Ala al-Din, went their way."