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peccancies

peccancies is the plural of peccancy.

Meaning of peccancy

Noun

peccancy (countable and uncountable, plural peccancies)

  1. (countable) A sin or moral transgression.
    • [T]his distorting of equivocall words, which passeth commonly for a triviall peccancy, if it be well examined, will be found a very dangerous admission; for me thinks this may be termed a verbal adultery, as it vitiateth and corrupts the property of another, which would have remained innocent...1648, Walter Montagu, “Of Scurrility”, in Miscellanea Spiritualia, London: W. Lee, D. Pakeman, and G. Bedell, section 2, page 144
  2. Sinfulness.
  3. (rare) A state of being flawed; faultiness.
  4. (obsolete) Unhealthiness.

Questions about peccancies

What is peccancies the plural of?
Peccancies is the plural of peccancy.

Words near peccancies in the dictionary

  1. peccadillo
  2. peccadilloes
  3. peccadillos
  4. peccaminous
  5. peccan
  6. peccancies
  7. peccancy
  8. peccans
  9. peccant
  10. peccantly
  11. peccants

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