According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.
INSTANCY
immediacy, immediateness, instantaneousness, instancy
(noun) the quickness of action or occurrence; “the immediacy of their response”; “the instancy of modern communication”
imperativeness, instancy
(noun) the quality of being insistent; “he pressed his demand with considerable instancy”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
instancy (countable and uncountable, plural instancies)
insistence, insistency
immediacy, instantaneousness
Source: Wiktionary
In"stan*cy, n.
Definition: Instance; urgency. [Obs.] Those heavenly precepts which our Lord and Savior with so great instancy gave. Hooker.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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FOOTING
(noun) status with respect to the relations between people or groups; “on good terms with her in-laws”; “on a friendly footing”
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