adherencen.
/ədˈhɪərəns/, /ədˈhɪərn̩s/, /adˈhɪərəns/, /adˈhɪərn̩s/, U.S. /ædˈhɪrəns/, /ædˈhɛrəns/, /ədˈhɪrəns/, /ədˈhɛrəns/ 1.
a. Attachment to a person, party, or cause; steadfast support; loyalty, allegiance. Also occasionally: an instance of this.
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society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > faithfulness or trustworthiness > fidelity or loyalty > [noun]
truthOE
trotha1225
trueness?c1225
fayc1300
hold13..
lewtyc1330
faithfulnessc1400
perseverance?a1439
adherence1449
familiarityc1450
fidelity1509
devotiona1530
adherency1579
reality1616
rightness1625
lealty1861
lealness1882
1449–50 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Nov. 1449 §20. m. 5 Upon which adherence, counseill and comfort of the seid duke of Suff[olk], the seid Charles..hath made opyn werre ayenst you.
1597 Bp. J. King Lect. Ionas xxix. 395 Vowe thy service and adherence to almighty God.
1660 R. Coke Justice Vindicated Ep. Ded. 8 Your constant adherence to the Church.
1676 Earl of Monmouth & W. Brent tr. G. Gualdo Priorato Hist. France i. 5 The Counsellours having adherences, friends and alliances with many other Lords and Officers of the Kingdom.
1684 J. Evelyn Diary (1955) IV. 369 A Pseudopolitic adherence to the French Interest.
1715 P. Abercromby Martial Atchievem. Scots Nation II. i. 51 Their pertinacious Adherence to the Enemies of their Country.
1754 Bp. T. Sherlock Disc. (1759) I. i. 2 The ground of their Constancy and Adherence to Christ.
1852 W. J. Conybeare & J. S. Howson Life & Epist. St. Paul I. xi. 430 His present host and hostess had now given their formal adherence to St. Paul.
1962 Polit. Sci. Q. 77 50 The events of May 15 had confirmed the adherence of the National Guard.
2000 AJS Rev. 25 49 Observance of ḥuqqim, then, is a mark of adherence and loyalty to God and Judaism.
b. Scots Law. The fulfilment or enforcement of a legal obligation to reside with one's spouse. Cf. adhere v. 3a. Now historical.
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1563 in D. H. Fleming Reg. Christian Congregation St. Andrews (1889) I. 157 To stop his adherance..[he] allegis adultery committit be the said Barbara.
1583 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1880) 1st Ser. III. 598 Aither of thame may persew for adherence or divorcement.
1634–46 J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1842) 44 The causses of adherence and divorcements ought also to appertaine to them [sc. ministers].
1722 W. Forbes Inst. Law Scotl. I. ii. 69 If the Deserter, after being charg'd and denounc'd upon the Decreet of Adherence, continue obstinate, the Church excommunicates him.
1806 Farmer's Mag. May 200 The liferent lease, under mutual obligation of adherence of husband and wife, in most intimate cohabitation, is not a contract of a very formidable nature to any but an old bachelor.
1881 Sc. Law Reporter 18 517/2 She was not willing to adhere, and in her frame of mind could not have taken active steps by raising an action of adherence against her husband.
1998 L. Leneman Alienated Affections i. 21 The bizarre requirements for such a suit meant that a preliminary case had to be brought for adherence, followed by various other procedures, so that the eventual divorce was really just a formality.
c. Steadfast commitment to a belief, practice, etc.; fidelity, devotion; (later also) strict or faithful observance of (a rule, promise, etc.). Also occasionally: an instance of this.
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the world > action or operation > continuing > [noun] > continuing to use or practise
adherencea1600
retention1625
the mind > will > decision > constancy or steadfastness > [noun] > adhering to something
cleaving1580
adherencea1600
the mind > language > speech > agreement > observance > [noun]
i-kepyngec1230
heed1357
keepingc1380
observancea1393
observation?a1425
contemplation1440
observing1458
conscience1483
conservation1544
heedfulness1561
heediness1596
religion1597
observancy1609
punctualness1620
punctuality1622
heeding1678
adherence1715
a1600 R. Hooker Learned Serm. Faith in Elect (1612) 3 The certainty of adherence, is when the hart doth cleaue and sticke vnto that which it doth beleeue.
1638 W. Chillingworth Relig. Protestants i. ii. §154. 112 God's Spirit..may work a certainty of adherence beyond a certainty of evidence.
1715 A. Pope in tr. Homer Iliad I. Pref. sig. E2v Men misled in former times by a servile dull Adherence to the Letter.
1759 A. Smith Theory Moral Sentiments iii. 308 Tho' it may be aukward and pedantic..to affect too strict an adherence to the common rules of prudence or generosity, there is no pedantry in sticking fast by the rules of justice.
1769 E. Burke Observ. Late State Nation 65 What does he mean by talking of an adherence to the old navigation laws?
1812 T. Cogan Jewish Dispensation ii. §7. 322 [The Jews] have continued firm..in their adherence to pure Monotheism, under every persecution.
1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede II. ii. xx. 97 Mrs. Poyser was strict in adherence to her own rules of propriety.
1869 J. Martineau Ess. Philos. & Theol. 2nd Ser. 424 I profess adherence to the English psychological method.
1879 W. E. Gladstone Gleanings Past Years II. v. 219 An uncompromising adherence to what was right.
1902 Nation (N.Y.) 2 Jan. 16/3 He painted without any adherence to systematic process, but used pointillisme as it served his purpose.
1967 A. E. Stevenson New Amer. II. iii. 64 Nothing is more hazardous in military policy than rigid adherence to obsolete ideas.
2007 Horse & Rider Oct. 138/1 Adherence to safety standards.
d. = adhesion n. 1c.
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1816 F. H. Naylor Hist. Germany I. i. 8 Fortunately..for the protestants, the necessities of Ferdinand secured his adherence to the treaty of Augsburg.
1841 J. Russell Let. 30 Mar. in Eng. & New Zealanders (1847) 14 The various gentlemen whom you had commissioned to treat with the native Chiefs for the purpose of effecting their adherence to the Treaty of Waitangi.
1895 Rev. of Reviews June 627/2 The time will come when..the United States, France and Italy could expect to secure the adherence of Russia to a bimetallic agreement.
1920 Advocate of Peace Jan. 24/2 In order to enable Holland to give an energetic collaboration in this direction, immediate adherence to the League of Nations is necessary.
1954 Amer. Bar Assoc. Jrnl. Mar. 250/2 Treaties also require the approval of two thirds of the Senators present before the adherence of the United States to the agreement can become effective.
1997 G. Arnold Resources of Third World 86 A year later.., following her adherence to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), Mexico was faced with a devastating economic crisis.
2. A group of adherents or supporters; a following; = adherency n. 2. Now rare.From the 19th cent. onwards usually with reference to adherents of a particular Christian church or denomination.
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the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > support or encouragement > [noun] > supporter or encourager > adherent > body of
inherdance1448
sect1450
adherence1549
adherencyc1600
1549 J. Hooper Funerall Oratyon sig. B.viijv The Pope and his adherences wyth whyppe and fyre betyth as manye as call the people from thys merchaundise.
1601 R. Johnson Ess. ix. sig. E3 The noble Families, their discents, intermarriages, their potencie, either immediate of themselues, or by reason of the kinges countenance, their adherences, sects, dependencies, partialities.
1618 S. Daniel Coll. Hist. Eng. 117 The greatnesse of his enemy the King of France, and his adherence.
1856 Brit. Jrnl. Dental Sci. 1 190/1 So large and numerous an adherence of persons..as shall carry on this movement to a successful termination.
1877 Rep. Proc. 1st Gen. Presbyterian Council 248/2 We are forty-six churches, numbering altogether 2900 communicants, with an adherence of more than 9700 hearers.
1914 Med. Missionary Apr. 114/1 These churches are planted all the way from Alexandria to Khartum and have an adherence of about 35,000.
1989 M. M. Poloma Assemblies of God at Crossroads 251 More Ohio-based churches had an adherence of under 200 persons than did the national sample.
3. The action or process of physically adhering to something; the action or fact of sticking fast or of sticking together.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > attachment > [noun] > adhesion
cleavingc1430
sticking1430
adheringc1550
adherence1555
clinging1572
adherency1579
suture1600
adhesion1615
stickage1726
readhesion1817
1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 148 Ouiedus agreeth with Andreas Motralis as touchynge the continuall adherence and closenes of the sayde continente.
1654 W. Charleton Physiologia Epicuro-Gassendo-Charltoniana iv. i. 427 The adhærence of the soot to the Chimny.
1748 J. Colson tr. J. A. Nollet Lect. in Exper. Philos. i. 12 We make Use of..something moist to prevent the Adherence of things that are fat.
1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature I. 435 Siliceous earths are characterized by..a total want of flexibility, and adherence to each other, when minutely divided.
1815 E. J. Burrow Elements Conchol. 84 The Mytili..are all rendered stationary by some mode..of adherence.
1886 P. Clarke ‘New Chum’ in Austral. (ed. 2) 272 The unpleasant adherence of the scrub-tick.
1949 H. W. C. Vines Green's Man. Pathol. (ed. 17) xxi. 547 Periphlebitis causes adherence of the vein to the surrounding structures.
1959 E. M. Wilkins & P. A. McCullough Clin. Pract. Dental Hygienist ii. 109 Dental plaques vary in thickness, degree of adherence to the tooth surface, and percentage composition.
1996 L. Shulyak tr. ‘G. Altshuller’ And suddenly Inventor Appeared (ed. 2) x. 47 When a cook is preparing raw cutlets to fry, crumbs are spread over them to prevent adherence to the frying pan.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > accompaniment > [noun] > that which accompanies
purtenancea1382
accessory1429
retinue?a1439
accessaryc1475
companion1533
annexe?1541
hanger-ona1555
supply1567
copemate1581
complement1586
fere1593
adjective1597
annexment1604
annexary1605
attendant1607
adherence1610
adjacent1610
wife1616
fellower1620
coincident1626
attendancy1654
associate1658
appanage1663
conjunct1667
perquisite1667
familiar1668
satellite1702
accompaniment1709
accompanying1761
side dish1775
obbligato1825
shadow1830
rider1859
gadget1917
1610 J. Healey tr. J. L. Vives in tr. St. Augustine Citie of God xi. x. 418 Augustine here calleth all adherences to the substance (which Philosophers call accidents) qualities.
1699 T. Edwards Paraselene dismantled of her Cloud 19 It is as to its own Essence and Nature distinctly pure, and shall by a dissolution between Soul and Body, be perfectly cleared and rid of all manner of sinful adherences.
1715 J. Gardiner Pract. Expos. Latter Pt. Serm. on Mount xi. 225 The Desire of Riches..is not simply and absolutely criminal; but as attended with certain vicious Adherences, from which 'tis very hard to purify it.
1792 R. Hindmarsh Lett. to Dr. Priestley iii. iii. 252 The former Humanity had an adherence of hereditary evil.
5. Something that adheres to an object or surface; (Medicine) = adhesion n. 6. Now rare.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > [noun] > abnormal or morbid tissue
adherence1667
adhesion1698
bridle1739
membrane1765
pseudomembrane1824
heterology1854
neoplasm1863
synechia1873
heteroplasm1878
paraplasm1890
paraplasma1890
heteromorphosis1891
1667 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 2 426 Every one of these small adherances is turned into a little Vermicle.
1748 tr. G. Arnaud Diss. Hernias ii. 270 Hernias complicated with adherences, require as many particular operations and methods of treatment, as there are different kinds of adherences.
1750 S. Sharp Crit. Enq. Surg. i. 45 Separating Adherences from the Peritonæum within the Abdomen, is not a new Thought.
1838 Boston Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 22 Aug. 40 To prevent the iris from contracting adherences to the neighboring textures.
1890 Lancet 29 Nov. 1156/1 These three cases did not present any serious difficulty from the size or adherences of the tumour.
1914 tr. N. T. Rovsing Abdominal Surg. 286 The operation showed it to be an ulcus rotundus, which had already perforated, but was still shut off from the large peritoneal cavity by new peritoneal adherences to the liver.
2010 Jrnl. Vascular Surg. 52 213/2 The abdominal part of the operation should be done first, because of the much higher probability of encountering dense adherences to the vascular wall at the origin of the tumor.
6. Botany. = adhesion n. 9. Cf. adnation n.
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the world > plants > part of plant > growth, movement, or curvature of parts > [noun] > cohesion or adhesion
adhesion1808
adherence1818
cohesion1835
symphysis1866
1818 T. Nuttall Genera N. Amer. Plants II. 29 Synandra. [Note] In allusion to the adherence of the anthers of the 2 longer stamina.
1867 tr. L. Figuier Veg. World i. 155 The pistil does not form any adherence with the receptacle.
1944 Bot. Rev. 10 127 A. P. de Candolle..considered that the causes which were responsible for the divergence of flowers from the original type were abortion, degeneration and adherence of parts.
1992 Brittonia 44 109/2 The floral tube is formed by the coherence of the petals..and the adherence of the flattened, abaxially pubescent staminal filaments.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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