† conˈtrariancyObs.rare. [f. as prec.: see -ancy.] Contrary or adverse quality; contrariety. a1617Bayne On Eph. (1658) 105 It hath no inward positive repugnancy or contrariancy.1812–29Coleridge Lit. Rem. III. 117 Its contrariancy and enmity to Christ.