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suppliancy

suppliancy is the alternative form of suppliance.

Meaning of suppliance

Noun (1)

suppliance (uncountable)

  1. supplication; entreaty
    • When Greece her knee in suppliance bent1827, Fitz-Greene Halleck, “Marco Bozzaris”, in Alnwick Castle, with Other Poems

Noun (2)

suppliance (plural suppliances)

  1. That which supplies a want; assistance; a gratification; satisfaction.
    • he perfume and suppliance of a minutec. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...

Questions about suppliancy

What is suppliancy the alternative form of?
Suppliancy is the alternative form of suppliance.

Words near suppliancy in the dictionary

  1. suppli al telefono
  2. suppliable
  3. supplial
  4. suppliance
  5. suppliances
  6. suppliancy
  7. suppliant
  8. suppliantly
  9. suppliants
  10. supplicancy
  11. supplicant

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