independency

See also: Independency

English

Etymology

independent +‎ -cy

Noun

independency (countable and uncountable, plural independencies)

(obsolete) Independence.
- 1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter XIX”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; […], →OCLC:
  All young creatures, thought I, more or less, covet independency […].
- 1776 August 11, William Howe and Richard Howe, letter sent from North America to Europe with a copy of the United States Declaration of Independence:
  A printed copy of this Declaration of Independency came accidentally to our hands a few days after the dispatch of the Mercury packet, and we have the honor to enclose it.
- 1860, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 1, in Lovel, the Widower:
  I found myself in possession of a small independency
An independent territory or state.

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