Definition of "independency" [in•de•pend•en•cy]

• Independence. (noun)
• An independent territory or state. (noun)
• The Independent movement in 17th-century England. (noun)

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• "Armstrong (Armstrong 1997) works with a different notion of independency, which we may call independency*."
• "You know by what snatches of time I write, that I may not neglect that, and that I may preserve that independency which is the comfort of my life."
• "Convention taken on every question under the idea of independency? ""