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studency

studency noun: the role or position of being a student.

Noun

studency (countable and uncountable, plural studencies)

  1. The role or position of being a student.
    • Dr. Jefferies, a canon of Christ Church, accordingly offered his assistance in procuring for him a studency in that house ; but his father's predilection for his own college in Cambridge, induced him to reject this offer, and on this circumstance Mr. Wakefield reflects with the profoundest...1798, The Monthly Mirror, page 264
    • It was absolutely necessary to check this studency of his, or he would soon lose his finest qualities as a writer.1893, Maxime Du Camp, Literary Recollections, page 302

Examples of studency in a sentence

  • The philosophy and culture of India separates life into four almost airtight compartments: studency, mating-home building, leadership-citizenry and meditating-aging.1972, Harrop Arthur Freeman, Henry Weihofen, Clinical law training: interviewing and counseling, page 78:
  • Cesca tended to give her friends Irish names: Marie, a fellow student during her first period at art school in Paris and now a close friend, for the duration of her studency was dubbed 'Maire'.2005, Hilary Pyle, Cesca's Diary, 1913-1916: Where Art and Nationalism Meet, page 44:

Forms of studency

pluralstudencies

Origin of studency

From student + -cy.

Questions about studency

What does studency mean?
Studency means the role or position of being a student.
How do you use studency in a sentence?
The philosophy and culture of India separates life into four almost airtight compartments: studency, mating-home building, leadership-citizenry and meditating-aging.
What part of speech is studency?
Studency is a noun.
What is the plural of studency?
The plural of studency is studencies.

Words near studency in the dictionary

  1. stude
  2. Studebaker
  3. Studebakers
  4. studen
  5. studencies
  6. studency
  7. studenitsite
  8. Studenkin
  9. student
  10. student affairs
  11. student athlete

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