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parleyings

parleyings is the plural of parleying.

Meaning of parleying

Noun

parleying (countable and uncountable, plural parleyings)

  1. The act of one who parleys.
    • Those things […] about which he was wont to have long parleyings and disputings with his own conscience — employing carnal reason to invent arguments and pleas of excuse — he now sticks at no longer […]a. 1758, Jonathan Edwards, Pressing Into The Kingdom of God

Questions about parleyings

What is parleyings the plural of?
Parleyings is the plural of parleying.

Words near parleyings in the dictionary

  1. parley-vous
  2. parleyed
  3. parleyer
  4. parleyers
  5. parleying
  6. parleyings
  7. parleys
  8. parleyvoo
  9. parleyvooed
  10. parleyvooing
  11. parleyvoos

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