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dissidences

dissidences is the plural of dissidence.

Meaning of dissidence

Noun

dissidence (countable and uncountable, plural dissidences)

  1. The state of being dissident; dissent
    • […]and it ſome Way neceſſitateth them in a divided Way to endeavour ſome other Way of entering, and to increaſe their Diſſidence of them who ſo partially (in their Eſteem at leaſt) manages Matters, and prefers the ſtrengthening of a Side, to the Edification of the Church[…]1740, James Durham, “Some preparatory Endeavours for uniting”, in The Dying Man’s Testament to the Church of Scotland: Or, A Treatise concerning Scandal, page 309

Questions about dissidences

What is dissidences the plural of?
Dissidences is the plural of dissidence.

Words near dissidences in the dictionary

  1. disshiver
  2. disshivered
  3. disshivering
  4. disshivers
  5. dissidence
  6. dissidences
  7. dissident
  8. dissident right
  9. dissidently
  10. dissidents
  11. dissight

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