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errancy
[ er-uhn-see, ur- ]
/ ˈɛr ən si, ˈɜr- /
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noun, plural er·ran·cies.
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Words nearby errancy
erotomania, erotopathy, erotophobia, ERPF, err, errancy, errand, errand boy, errant, errantry, errare humanum est
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How to use errancy in a sentence
But that very effort to reform it proclaims its errancy, and, I take the liberty of adding, its abomination also.
Defense of the Faith and the Saints (Volume 1 of 2)|B. H. RobertsHe replied collectedly enough in speech, but with that ramble and errancy clouding his eyes.
The Insurrection in Dublin|James StephensBut those who knew Mr. Woods personally will readily acquit him of the charge of any such ethnological errancy.
The Colored Inventor|Henry E. BakerShe liked to think and to say that after all, in spite of her husband's errancy, Chicago was also her city.
One Woman's Life|Robert Herrick
British Dictionary definitions for errancy
errancy
/ (ˈɛrənsɪ) /
noun plural -cies
the state or an instance of erring or a tendency to err
Christianity the holding of views at variance with accepted doctrine
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