conveniency

American  

[kuhn-veen-yuhn-see] / kənˈvin jən si /

noun

Archaic.

• conveniencies
  plural

1. convenience.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• conveniencies
  plural

Etymology

Origin of conveniency

From the Latin word convenientia, dating back to 1485–95. See convenience, -cy

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

conveniency conveniencies

Six islands in the Antilles where Lesser is more Believe me, Sire, these countries far surpass all the rest of the world in beauty and conveniency.

From Time Magazine Archive

Numerous other sources of receipt would arise from the conveniency of its regularity and expedition.

From The Bristol Royal Mail Post, Telegraph, and Telephone by Tombs, Robert Charles

We learn that Small Street was selected for the reception of these illustrious visitors "by reason of the conveniency of the street for entertaining the nobility."

From The Bristol Royal Mail Post, Telegraph, and Telephone by Tombs, Robert Charles

Which being so, we do still hold that the conveniency of a thing must always go before the church's prescribing of it; go before, I mean, at least de congruo.

From The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by Gillespie, George

They observe no regularity in fixing their tents when they encamp, but place them just as it suits their conveniency.

From Villages of the Algonquian, Siouan, and Caddoan Tribes West of the Mississippi by Bushnell, David Ives

The costs are much of our conveniencies, some extra comforts or an easier life for all Americans.

From Newsweek

A guinea may be considered as a bill for a certain quantity of necessaries and conveniencies upon all the tradesmen in the neighbourhood.

From An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Garnier, Germain

—When did these social conveniencies first come into use?

From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 95, August 23, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

But, habituated to the amenities and conveniencies of an old community, he speedily discovered either that an entirely new society was not suited to him or that he himself did not dovetail well into it.

From Toronto of Old by Scadding, Henry

Though in some respects this Statical Baroscope be inferior to the Mercurial; yet in others it has its own advantages and conveniencies above it.

From Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society - Vol 1 - 1666 Giving some Accompt of the present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours of the Ingenious in many considerable parts of the World by Oldenburg, Henry