independency
See also: Independency
English
Etymology
independent + -cy
Noun
independency (countable and uncountable, plural independencies)
- (obsolete) Independence.
- 1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter XIX”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; […], OCLC 13631815:
- All young creatures, thought I, more or less, covet independency […].
- 1776 August 11, William Howe and Richard Howe, letter sent from North America to Europe with a copy of the United States Declaration of Independence:
- 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.
- 1860 William Makepeace Thackeray, Lovel, the Widower, Chapter 1:
- I found myself in possession of a small independency
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- An independent territory or state.