independency

American  

[in-di-pen-duhn-see] / ˌɪn dɪˈpɛn dən si /

noun

plural

independencies

1. independence.

2. a territory not under the control of any other power.

3. (initial capital letter)

   1. the principle that the individual congregation or church is an autonomous and equalitarian society free from any external ecclesiastical control.

   2. the polity based on this principle.

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independency ¹ British  

/ ˌɪndɪˈpɛndənsɪ /

noun

1. a territory or state free from the control of any other power

2. another word for independence

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Independency ² British  

/ ˌɪndɪˈpɛndənsɪ /

noun

1. (esp in the Congregational Church) the principle upholding the independence of each local church or congregation

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Etymology

Origin of independency

First recorded in 1605–15; independ(ent) + -ency

Example Sentences

"This is the idea of helping people to obtain independency and the skills they need," she told senators.

From Washington Post • Aug. 22, 2018

The Supplementary Figures give experimental results regarding the independency of the absorption with respect to the polarization or the incidence angle.

From Nature • Dec. 11, 2012

It will also shrink to 50 the number of U.S. cities with independency owned, editorially competitive dailies.

From Time Magazine Archive

Fear is in almost all cases a wretched instrument of government, and ought in particular never to be employed against any order of men who have the smallest pretensions to independency.

From Time Magazine Archive

Although he once had been for “the independency of the Colonies,” Bancroft decided that he would tell British intelligence “all the information in my power.”

From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen