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independency

noun

Etymology

From independent + -cy.

  1. derived from indépendant
  2. suffixed as independency — “independent + cy”

Definitions

  1. Independence.

    • All young creatures, thought I, more or less, covet independency […].
    • A printed copy of this Declaration of Independency came accidentally to our hands a few days after the dispatch of the Mercury packet, and we have the honor to enclose it.
    • I found myself in possession of a small independency

  2. An independent territory or state.

  3. The principle that each individual religious congregation is free from any external…

    The principle that each individual religious congregation is free from any external ecclesiastical control, as by a bishop.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA