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nascences

nascences is the plural of nascence.

Meaning of nascence

Noun

nascence (countable and uncountable, plural nascences)

  1. (rare) Birth.
    • He had discerned that I was with child. He was a physician first. When he came around offering to see me through my baby's nascence, Mother so thoroughly scolded him for his audacity that he was again left speechless. "I will see to the birth ..."2004, Linda Dorrell, The Trees of Eden: A Novel, Fleming H Revell Company, →ISBN
  2. Coming into being; inception, beginning.
    • Careful examination of Romaine's prophecy reveals the operative nature of the Kongolese religious habitus in the nascence of Haitian Vodou, a religion that truly began to crystallize during the Revolution.2014, Terry Rey, Bourdieu on Religion: Imposing Faith and Legitimacy, Routledge, →ISBN, page 119

Questions about nascences

What is nascences the plural of?
Nascences is the plural of nascence.

Words near nascences in the dictionary

  1. Nascans
  2. Nascapee
  3. Nascapi
  4. NASCAR
  5. nascence
  6. nascences
  7. nascencies
  8. nascency
  9. nascent
  10. nascent hydrogen
  11. nascent protein

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