SUBSIDENCY

Noun

subsidency (countable and uncountable, plural subsidencies)

Archaic form of subsidence.

Source: Wiktionary


Sub*sid"ence, Sub*sid"en*cy, n. Etym: [L. subsidens, -entis, p.pr. of subsidere. See Subside.]

Definition: The act or process of subsiding. The subdual or subsidence of the more violent passions. Bp. Warburton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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