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correspondency en · NOUN

Etymology

From Latin correspondentia. By surface analysis, correspond + -ency.

Meanings

  1. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Synonym of correspondence.
    • The correspondencies of types and antitypes […] may be very reasonable confirmations. 1705, Samuel Clarke, A Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God:
    • I should abhor these clandestine correspondencies, were they not forced upon me. 1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter IX”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by John Osborn, […], →OCLC:

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Synonyms

correspondence