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impendency|ɪmˈpɛndənsɪ|
[f. as prec.: see -ency.]
The quality or state of being impendent; imminent or threatening character; an impending circumstance.
a1632T. Taylor God's Judgem. ii. iv. (1642) 49 Sloath..hath many virulent and bitter impendencies. a1660Hammond Wks. (1683) IV. 492 The present impendency of God's punishments. 1848Talfourd Final Mem. Lamb 305 The constant impendency of this giant sorrow saddened to ‘the Lambs’ even their holidays. |