dividence

English

Etymology

From Latin dīvidēns, present participle of dīvidō (“to divide”). Perhaps modelled on Italian dividenza.

Noun

dividence (countable and uncountable, plural dividences)

1. (obsolete, rare) Division.
   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, The Essayes […], London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
     , Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.182:

     this commixture, dividence, and sharing of goods, this joyning wealth to wealth, and that the riches of one shall be the povertie of another, doth exceedingly distemper and distract all brotherly alliance […].