independency

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see also: Independency

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Noun

independency

1. (obsolete) Independence.
   • 1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, Letter 19:

     All young creatures, thought I, more or less, covet independency […].

   • 1776 August 11, William Howe and Richard Howe, letter sent from North America to Europe with a copy of the United States Declaration of Independence:

     A printed copy of this Declaration of Independency came accidentally to our hands a few days after the dispatch of the Mercury packet, and we have the honor to enclose it.

2. An independent territory or state.

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Independency

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Proper noun

1. (ecclesiastical history) The principle that each individual religious congregation is free from any external ecclesiastical control, as by a bishop.

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