recumbency

• a word derived from recumbent.
  recumbent

  adjective

  lying down; reclining; leaning.

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recumbency

Mr Blenkiron, having finished his after-dinner recumbency, had sat up and pulled a small table towards him.

From Greenmantle by John Buchan

Some writers state that it may be produced by confining an animal in recumbency, with the casting harness.

From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by John Victor Lacroix

Dependency and recumbency upon the Lord by faith, for strength to perform covenant engagements, is requisite to right covenanting, Isa. xxvii.

From The Auchensaugh Renovation of the National Covenant and Solemn League and Covenant With the Acknowledgment of Sins and Engagement to Duties, as They Were Renewed at Auchensaugh, Near Douglas, July 24, 1712. (Compared With the Editions of Paisley, 1820, and Belfast, 1835.) Also, The Renovation of These Public Federal Deeds Ordained at Philadelphia, October 8, 1880, by the Reformed Presbytery, with Accommodation of the Original Covenants, in Both Transactions, to Their Times and Positions Respectively by The Reformed Presbytery

"All right," he said, and rose slowly from sprawling recumbency to his feet.

From The Damnation of Theron Ware by Harold Frederic

Even in cases of enforced recumbency, he ofttimes takes advantage of the first opportunity and gets upon his feet, doggedly remaining there until again laid upon his side.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Charles B. Michener

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