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diligencies

diligencies is the plural of diligency.

Meaning of diligency

Noun

diligency (usually uncountable, plural diligencies)

  1. (nonstandard, obsolete, usually) diligence; carefulness
    • A little generous prudence , a little forbearance of one another , and some grain of charity might win all these diligencies to join and unite into one general and brotherly search after truth1644, John Milton, Areopagitica; a Speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicenc’d Printing, to the Parlament of England, London: [s.n.], →OCLC

Questions about diligencies

What is diligencies the plural of?
Diligencies is the plural of diligency.

Words near diligencies in the dictionary

  1. Dilgers
  2. Dilhorne
  3. Dili
  4. diligence
  5. diligences
  6. diligencies
  7. diligency
  8. diligent
  9. diligently
  10. diligentness
  11. Dilijan

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