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importancy

/ɪmˈpɔː(ɹ)tənsi/

importancy noun: importance; significance.

Noun

importancy (countable and uncountable, plural importancies)

  1. (nonstandard, obsolete) Importance; significance.
    • […]we conſider
      The importancy of Cypreſſe to the Turke: […]c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragœdy of Othello, the Moore of Venice. […] (First Quarto), London: […] N[icholas] O[kes] for Thomas Walkley, […], published 1622, →OCLC, [Act...
  2. (nonstandard, obsolete) That which is important.
    • Generall matters he is as liberall to impart, as carefull to conceal importancies.1642, Thomas Fuller, “The wise Statesman”, in The Holy State, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] Roger Daniel for John Williams, […], →OCLC, book IV, paragraph 7, page 259

Forms of importancy

pluralimportancies

Origin of importancy

From Medieval Latin importantia.

Questions about importancy

What does importancy mean?
Importancy means importance; significance.
What part of speech is importancy?
Importancy is a noun.
How do you pronounce importancy?
Importancy is pronounced /ɪmˈpɔː(ɹ)tənsi/.
What is the plural of importancy?
The plural of importancy is importancies.

Words near importancy in the dictionary

  1. importables
  2. importably
  3. importance
  4. importances
  5. importancies
  6. importancy
  7. important
  8. important bird area
  9. important bird areas
  10. importanter
  11. importantest

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