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miscreance

miscreance noun: the quality of being miscreant; adherence to a false religion; false faith.

Noun

miscreance (countable and uncountable, plural miscreances)

  1. (obsolete) The quality of being miscreant; adherence to a false religion; false faith.
    • my advice is , not to use any curiosities at the laying and binding your Children , unless there be some miscreance, or other unshapedness about them1658, Felix Wuertz, The Surgeons Guid

Forms of miscreance

pluralmiscreances
alternative formmiscreancy

Origin of miscreance

From Middle English myscreaunce, miscreaunce, from Old French mescreänce.

Questions about miscreance

What does miscreance mean?
Miscreance means the quality of being miscreant; adherence to a false religion; false faith.
What part of speech is miscreance?
Miscreance is a noun.
What is the plural of miscreance?
The plural of miscreance is miscreances.

Words near miscreance in the dictionary

  1. miscoverage
  2. miscoverages
  3. miscovered
  4. miscovering
  5. miscovers
  6. miscreance
  7. miscreances
  8. miscreancies
  9. miscreancy
  10. miscreant
  11. miscreants

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