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Accountancy
Accountancy Ac*count"an*cy, n.
The art or employment of an accountant.
AdjutancyAdjutancy Ad"ju*tan*cy, n. [See Adjutant.]
1. The office of an adjutant.
2. Skillful arrangement in aid; assistance.
It was, no doubt, disposed with all the adjutancy of
definition and division. --Burke. Blatancy
Blatancy Bla"tan*cy, n.
Blatant quality.
Colluctancy
Colluctancy Col*luc"tan*cy, n. [L. colluctari to struggle
with.]
A struggling to resist; a striving against; resistance;
opposition of nature. [Obs.]
Concomitancy
Concomitance Con*com"i*tance, Concomitancy Con*com"i*tan*cy,
n. [Cf. F. concomitance, fr. LL. concomitantia.]
1. The state of accompanying; accompaniment.
The secondary action subsisteth not alone, but in
concomitancy with the other. --Sir T.
Browne.
2. (R.C.Ch.) The doctrine of the existence of the entire body
of Christ in the eucharist, under each element, so that
the body and blood are both received by communicating in
one kind only.
ConstancyConstancy Con"stan*cy, n. [L. constantia: cf. F. constance.
See Constant.]
1. The state or quality of being constant or steadfast;
freedom from change; stability; fixedness; immutability;
as, the constancy of God in his nature and attributes.
2. Fixedness or firmness of mind; persevering resolution;
especially, firmness of mind under sufferings, steadiness
in attachments, or perseverance in enterprise; stability;
fidelity.
A fellow of plain uncoined constancy. --Shak.
Constancy and contempt of danger. --Prescott.
Syn: Fixedness; stability; firmness; steadiness; permanence;
steadfastness; resolution. See Firmness. Distancy
Distancy Dis"tan*cy, n.
Distance. [Obs.] --Dr. H. More.
Dubitancy
Dubitancy Du"bi*tan*cy, n. [LL. dubitantia.]
Doubt; uncertainty. [R.] --Hammond.
EquitancyEquitancy Eq"ui*tan*cy, n. [Cf. LL. equitantia. See
Equitant.]
Horsemanship. Estate in expectancyExpectance Ex*pect"ance, Expectancy Ex*pect"an*cy, n.
1. The act of expecting; expectation. --Milton.
2. That which is expected, or looked or waited for with
interest; the object of expectation or hope.
The expectancy and rose of the fair state. --Shak.
Estate in expectancy (Law), one the possession of which a
person is entitled to have at some future time, either as
a remainder or reversion, or on the death of some one.
--Burrill. Exorbitancy
Exorbitance Ex*or"bi*tance, Exorbitancy Ex*or"bi*tan*cy,, n.
A going out of or beyond the usual or due limit; hence,
enormity; extravagance; gross deviation from rule, right, or
propriety; as, the exorbitances of the tongue or of
deportment; exorbitance of demands. ``a curb to your
exorbitancies.' --Dryden.
The lamentable exorbitances of their superstitions.
--Bp. Hall.
ExpectancyExpectance Ex*pect"ance, Expectancy Ex*pect"an*cy, n.
1. The act of expecting; expectation. --Milton.
2. That which is expected, or looked or waited for with
interest; the object of expectation or hope.
The expectancy and rose of the fair state. --Shak.
Estate in expectancy (Law), one the possession of which a
person is entitled to have at some future time, either as
a remainder or reversion, or on the death of some one.
--Burrill. Extancy
Extancy Ex"tan*cy, n. [L. extantia, exstantia.]
The state of rising above others; a projection. --Evelyn.
Boyle.
Exultancy
Exultance Ex*ult"ance, Exultancy Ex*ult"an*cy, n. [L.
exsultantia.]
Exultation. [Obs.] --Burton. Hammond.
HabiitancyHabiitancy Habi"it*an*cy, n.
Same as Inhabitancy. Hesitancy
Hesitancy Hes"i*tan*cy, n. [L. haesitantia a stammering.]
1. The act of hesitating, or pausing to consider; slowness in
deciding; vacillation; also, the manner of one who
hesitates.
2. A stammering; a faltering in speech.
Imitancy
Imitancy Im"i*tan*cy, n. [From L. imitans, p. pr. of imitare.]
Tendency to imitation. [R.] --Carlyle.
Importancy
Importancy Im*por"tan*cy, n.
Importance; significance; consequence; that which is
important. [Obs.] --Shak. ``Careful to conceal
importancies.' --Fuller.
Inconstancy
Inconstancy In*con"stan*cy, n. [L. inconstantia.]
The quality or state of being inconstant; want of constancy;
mutability; fickleness; variableness.
For unto knight there was no greater shame, Than
lightness and inconstancie in love. --Spenser.
Indistancy
Indistancy In*dis"tan*cy, n.
Want of distance o? separation; nearness. [Obs.] --Bp.
Pearson.
Inhabitancy
Inhabitance In*hab"it*ance, Inhabitancy In*hab"it*an*cy, n.
1. The act of inhabiting, or the state of being inhabited;
the condition of an inhabitant; residence; occupancy.
Ruins yet resting in the wild moors testify a former
inhabitance. --Carew.
2. (Law) The state of having legal right to claim the
privileges of a recognized inhabitant; especially, the
right to support in case of poverty, acquired by residence
in a town; habitancy.
Instancy
Instancy In"stan*cy, n.
Instance; urgency. [Obs.]
Those heavenly precepts which our Lord and Savior with
so great instancy gave. --Hooker.
IrritancyIrritancy Ir"ri*tan*cy, n. [From 1st Irritant.] (Scots Law)
The state or quality of being null and void; invalidity;
forfeiture. --Burrill. IrritancyIrritancy Ir"ri*tan*cy, n. [From 2d Irritant.]
The state o quality of being irritant or irritating. Jactancy
Jactancy Jac"tan*cy, n. [L. jactantia, fr. jactans, p. pr. of
jactare to throw, boast, freq. fr. jacere to throw; cf. F.
jactance.]
A boasting; a bragging. [Obs.]
LatitancyLatitancy Lat"i*tan*cy, n. [See Latitant.]
Act or state of lying hid, or lurking. [R.] --Sir T. Browne. MilitancyMilitancy Mil"i*tan*cy, n. [See Militant.]
1. The state of being militant; warfare.
2. A military spirit or system; militarism. --H. Spencer. ObstancyObstancy Ob"stan*cy, n. [L. obstantia, fr. obstans, p. pr. of
obstare. See Obstacle.]
Opposition; impediment; obstruction. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. OscitancyOscitancy Os"ci*tan*cy, n. [See Oscitant.]
1. The act of gaping or yawning.
2. Drowsiness; dullness; sluggishness. --Hallam.
It might proceed from the oscitancy of transcribers.
--Addison. PrecipitancyPrecipitance Pre*cip"i*tance, Precipitancy Pre*cip"i*tan*cy,
n. [From Precipitant.]
The quality or state of being precipitant, or precipitate;
headlong hurry; excessive or rash haste in resolving, forming
an opinion, or executing a purpose; precipitation; as, the
precipitancy of youth. ``Precipitance of judgment.' --I.
Watts.
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