Word Study
instancy
CIDE DICTIONARY
instancy, n.
Instance; urgency. [1913 Webster]
"Those heavenly precepts which our Lord and Savior with so great instancy gave." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
instancy, n.
1 urgency.
2 pressing nature.
1 urgency.
2 pressing nature.
Etymology
L instantia: see INSTANCE
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