impendencyn.
/ɪmˈpɛndənsi/ The quality or state of being impendent; imminent or threatening character; an impending circumstance.
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the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > [noun] > nearness, approach, or imminence
nighness1548
towardness1549
propinquity1611
approacha1616
coming1626
looming1627
impendencya1632
fall1647
imminence1655
impendence1657
instancy1658
imminency1665
soonness1668
incumbence1677
simmering1844
proximity1876
a1632 T. Taylor God's Judgem. (1642) ii. iv. 49 Sloath..hath many virulent and bitter impendencies.
a1660 H. Hammond Wks. (1684) IV. 492 The present impendency of God's punishments.
1848 T. N. Talfourd Final Mem. Lamb 305 The constant impendency of this giant sorrow saddened to ‘the Lambs’ even their holidays.
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