independency

See also: Independency

English

Etymology

From independent + -cy.

Noun

independency (countable and uncountable, plural independencies)

1. (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; [a]nd sold by John Osborn, […], →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

2. An independent territory or state.