independency

[ in-di-pen-duhn-see ]

noun

, plural in·de·pend·en·cies.

1. independence ( def 1 ).
2. a territory not under the control of any other power.
3. (initial capital letter) Ecclesiastical.
   1. the principle that the individual congregation or church is an autonomous and equalitarian society free from any external ecclesiastical control.
   2. the polity based on this principle.

Independency

¹

/ ˌɪndɪˈpɛndənsɪ /

noun

1. (esp in the Congregational Church) the principle upholding the independence of each local church or congregation

independency

²

/ ˌɪndɪˈpɛndənsɪ /

noun

1. a territory or state free from the control of any other power
2. See independence
   another word for independence

Word History and Origins

Origin of independency¹

First recorded in 1605–15; independ(ent) + -ency

Example Sentences

It was a frugality founded, not upon avarice, but upon the love of independency.

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To the party of religious and political independency he was an abomination, and great efforts were made to get him recalled.

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Paoli talked very highly on preserving the independency of Corsica.

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He urged Lee to lay his hand upon his heart, and say whether the Americans wanted freedom from taxation or independency.

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If an intelligent traveller, he would think, Surely this was not the first origin of Independency here!

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