-acy

a suffix of nouns of quality, state, office, etc., many of which accompany adjectives ending in -acious or nouns or adjectives ending in -ate:fallacy; papacy; legacy; delicacy; piracy.

Origin of -acy

<Latin -ācia,-ātia (spelling interchangeably in Medieval Latin, reflecting the Rom merger of the forms); these are in turn complexes of -āc- and -āt--ate¹ + -ia-y³. Cf. -cracy

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How to use -acy in a sentence

The village of Acy, high on the hill above the road to Venizel, was the richest hunting-ground.
Adventures of a Despatch Rider | W. H. L. Watson
I should like to devote a generous percentage to the use of the Confed'acy.
The Debatable Land | Arthur Colton
At this moment a loud booming of cannon is heard in the direction of May-en-Multien, Acy.
Beyond the Marne | Henriette Cuvru-Magot

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