pertinency
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pertinency (usually uncountable, plural pertinencies)
- The quality of being pertinent to the matter at hand; relevance.
- 1692, Richard Bentley, [A Confutation of Atheism] (please specify the sermon), London: [Thomas Parkhurst; Henry Mortlock], published 1692–1693:
- The fitness and pertinency of the apostle's discourse.
- (countable, dated) Something that is relevant to the matter at hand.
- 1902, Chemical, Metallurgical, and Mining Society of South Africa, Proceedings, volume 3, page 450:
- We note the following pertinencies […]
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