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indistancy

indistancy noun: lack of distance or separation; nearness.

Noun

indistancy (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Lack of distance or separation; nearness.
    • The soul thus existing after death, and separated from the body, though of a nature spiritual, is really and truly in some place; if not by way of circumscription, as proper bodies are, yet by way of determination and indistancy.1659, John Pearson, Exposition of the Creed

Origin of indistancy

From in- + distancy.

Questions about indistancy

What does indistancy mean?
Indistancy means lack of distance or separation; nearness.
What part of speech is indistancy?
Indistancy is a noun.

Words near indistancy in the dictionary

  1. indissolvable
  2. indissolvableness
  3. indissolvably
  4. indissuadable
  5. indissuadably
  6. indistancy
  7. indistensible
  8. indistillable
  9. indistinct
  10. indistinctible
  11. indistinction

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