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prefidence

prefidence noun: the quality or state of being prefident.

Noun

prefidence (usually uncountable, plural prefidences)

  1. (obsolete, usually) The quality or state of being prefident.
    • For being uſually miſtaken for vvant of patient tryal, they ſay vvhat they think, and are not to be much believed in their prefidence.1681, Richard Baxter, “What are Mens Duties to Each Other as Elder and Yonger”, in Compassionate Counsel to All Young-Men. […], London: […] T. S. and are to be sold by B. Simmons, and Jonath[an]...

Forms of prefidence

pluralprefidences

Questions about prefidence

What does prefidence mean?
Prefidence means the quality or state of being prefident.
What part of speech is prefidence?
Prefidence is a noun.
What is the plural of prefidence?
The plural of prefidence is prefidences.

Words near prefidence in the dictionary

  1. prefibrillary
  2. prefibrogenic
  3. prefibrotic
  4. prefices
  5. prefictional
  6. prefidence
  7. prefidences
  8. prefident
  9. prefield
  10. prefigation
  11. prefight

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