correspondency

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Noun[edit]

correspondency (countable and uncountable, plural correspondencies)

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