significancy

[ sig-nif-i-kuh n-see ]

/ sɪgˈnɪf ɪ kən si /

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noun, plural sig·nif·i·can·cies.

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Origin of significancy

From the Latin word significantia, dating back to 1585–95. See significance, -ancy

Related forms

non·sig·nif·i·can·cy, noun

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Examples from the Web for significancy

Stranger still, it had now a significancy not then observed; and as he listened, he interpreted, and the fever of spirit left him.
The Prince of India, Volume II|Lew. Wallace
The devices of our early English printers are often void of significancy early, or else mere quibbles.
Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 103, October 18, 1851|Various
A few sentences will point to the significancy of the Lobby.
Here and There in London|J. Ewing Ritchie
Not the prevalence, then, but the significancy of the nickname is to be noted here.
In the South Seas|Robert Louis Stevenson

It is an inexpressible pleasure to know a little of the world, and to be of no character or significancy in it.
The Story of My Life, volumes 4-6|Augustus J. C. Hare