fervency

[fur-vuh n-see]

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noun

warmth or intensity of feeling; ardor; zeal; fervor.

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Origin of fervency

1375–1425; late Middle English < Late Latin ferventia (see fervent, -ency); replacing fervence < Middle French < Latin ferventia

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On Sunday at chapel, she sang with a vigour and fervency that attracted to her the curious gaze of more than one pair of eyes.
Mrs. Bindle|Hebert Jenkins
All the fervency of this adjuration failed to convince the deputies of their duty, as conceived by the orator.
Charles the Bold|Ruth Putnam
Slow movements are effective, but sufficient animation must prevail to impart life and fervency to the music.
Memories of a Musical Life|William Mason
The fervency of those new converts did not less edify Xavier than their number.
The Works of John Dryden, Volume XVI. (of 18)|John Dryden

Not perfunctorily, not lukewarmly, but with a fervency and fire that no word in the dictionary is strong enough to convey.
The Letters Of Mark Twain, Volume 6, 1907-1910|Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

British Dictionary definitions for fervency

fervency

noun plural -cies

another word for fervour

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fervency

noun

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fervency

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