correspondency

English

Etymology

From Latin correspondentia.[1] By surface analysis, correspond +‎ -ency.

Noun

correspondency (countable and uncountable, plural correspondencies)

  1. (obsolete) Synonym of correspondence.
    • 1705, Samuel Clarke, A Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God:
      The correspondencies of types and antitypes […] may be very reasonable confirmations.
    • 1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter IX”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by John Osborn, […], →OCLC:
      I should abhor these clandestine correspondencies, were they not forced upon me.

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References

  1. ^ “correspondency, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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