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prevalency

prevalency noun: prevalence.

Noun

prevalency (uncountable)

  1. prevalence
    • Now Chriſtian looked for nothing but death, and began to cry out lamentably, even curſing the time in which he met with Mr. Worldly-Wiſeman, ſtill calling himſelf a thouſand fools for hearkening to his counſel: he alſo was greatly aſhamed to think that this Gentlemans arguments, flowing only from...1684, John Bunyan, The Pilgrim’s Progress. From This World to That which is to Come: The Second Part. […], London: […] Nathaniel Ponder […], →OCLC; reprinted in The Pilgrim’s Progress as Originally...
    • To break in upon this Sanctuary of Vanity and Ignorance, will be, I ſuppoſe, ſome Service to humane Understanding: Though ſo few are apt to think, they deceive, or are deceived in the Uſe of Words; or that the Language of the Sect they are of, has any Faults in it, which ought to be examined or...1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], “The Epistle to the Reader”, in An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Eliz[abeth] Holt, for Thomas Basset, […], →OCLC, book I

Origin of prevalency

Either from prevalent + -ency or Latin praevalentia.

Questions about prevalency

What does prevalency mean?
Prevalency means prevalence.
What part of speech is prevalency?
Prevalency is a noun.

Words near prevalency in the dictionary

  1. prevails upon
  2. prevalance
  3. prevalant
  4. prevalence
  5. prevalences
  6. prevalency
  7. prevalent
  8. prevalently
  9. prevalents
  10. prevalidate
  11. prevalidated

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