significancy

[ sig-nif-i-kuhn-see ]

noun

, plural sig·nif·i·can·cies.

1. significance.

Other Words From

• nonsig·nifi·can·cy noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of significancy¹

From the Latin word significantia, dating back to 1585–95. See significance, -ancy

Example Sentences

“I will tell you in your private ear,” replied she, wagging her turban three times with portentous significancy.

From Literature

The most ancient Alexandrian chronicles, which furnish ample proofs of the universal prevalence of our gospel religion in Egypt for ages before the Christian era, testify as follows: “To this day Egypt has consecrated the pregnancy of a virgin and the nativity of her son, whom they annually present in a cradle to the adoration of the people; and when King Ptolemy, three hundred and fifty years before our Christian era, demanded of the priests the significancy of this religious ceremony, they told him it was a mystery.”

From Project Gutenberg

It is, at all events, a characteristic specimen of the Indian legendary tales, and, like many of them, bears an allegoric significancy.

From Project Gutenberg

The significancy of the announcement is apparent when the opening of St. Matthew's Gospel is considered,—“The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the Son of David.”

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The devices of our early English printers are often void of significancy early, or else mere quibbles.

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