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importancy en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ɪmˈpɔː(ɹ)tənsi/

Etymology

From Medieval Latin importantia.

Meanings

1. (countable, nonstandard, obsolete, uncountable) Importance; significance.
   • […]we conſider The importancy of Cypreſſe to the Turke: […] c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragœdy of Othello, the Moore of Venice. […] (First Quarto), London: […] N[icholas] O[kes] for Thomas Walkley, […], published 1622, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii], page 10:
2. (countable, nonstandard, obsolete, uncountable) That which is important.
   • Generall matters he is as liberall to impart, as carefull to conceal importancies. 1642, Thomas Fuller, “The wise Statesman”, in The Holy State, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] Roger Daniel for John Williams, […], →OCLC, book IV, paragraph 7, page 259:

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