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commorancy

commorancy noun: a house for a place of residence, usually a temporary one.

Noun

commorancy (countable and uncountable, plural commorancies)

  1. (dated) A house for a place of residence, usually a temporary one.
  2. (dated) Act of dwelling or residence in a place; habitation.
    • Commorancy consists in usually lying there.1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC

Forms of commorancy

pluralcommorancies

Origin of commorancy

From stem of Latin commorāns, present participle of commorārī (“to remain, delay”), from mora (“a delay”), + -cy.

Questions about commorancy

What does commorancy mean?
Commorancy means a house for a place of residence, usually a temporary one.
What part of speech is commorancy?
Commorancy is a noun.
What is the plural of commorancy?
The plural of commorancy is commorancies.

Words near commorancy in the dictionary

  1. commonwealthsman
  2. commonwealthsmen
  3. commorance
  4. commorances
  5. commorancies
  6. commorancy
  7. commorant
  8. commorants
  9. commoratio
  10. commoration
  11. commorations

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