† condecencyn.
Obsolete.
a. Fitness, becomingness, meetness.
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the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [noun] > fittingness or propriety
righteousnessOE
duea1425
properness1531
decency1567
dueness1576
decorum1586
fitness1597
orthotes1605
propriety1612
befittingnessa1645
beseemlinessa1645
fittingness1653
becomeness1656
beseemingness1656
becomingness1657
condecency1662
competibleness1667
decence1678
1662 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 3rd Pt. 69 This the Apostle urgeth from the condecency of the thing.
1675 R. Baxter Catholick Theol. ii. xii. 276 The Condecency of his Goodness.
1754 J. Edwards Careful Enq. Freedom of Will iv. i. 196 The Amiableness and Condecency of such a Disposition.
1774 J. W. Fletcher Disc. in First Pt. Equal Check 56 I use the..expression of Dr. Owen, ‘rewardable condecency’.
b. (with plural) An instance of such propriety.
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the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [noun] > fittingness or propriety > instance of
condecencya1711
a1711 T. Ken Hymnarium 77 in Wks. (1721) II. Thy Justice..Creates Condecencies as strict.
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