independency

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Independence.
  2. An independent territory or state.
name
  1. The principle that each individual religious congregation is free from any external ecclesiastical control, as by a bishop.

Word forms

independency independencies

Etymology

From independent + -cy.

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