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† condecency Obs.
[f. as prec. + -ency.]
Fitness, becomingness, meetness.
1655W. Gurnall Chr. in Arm. x. §2 (1699) 269/2 This the Apostle urgeth from the condecencie of the thing. 1675Baxter Cath. Theol. ii. xii. 276 The Condecency of his Goodness. 1754Edwards Freed. Will iv. i. 196 The Amiableness and Condecency of such a Disposition. 1774J. Fletcher Salv. by Grace Wks. 1795 IV. 44 foot-n., I use the..expression of Dr. Owen, rewardable condecency.
b. (with pl.) An instance of such propriety.
a1711Ken Hymnarium Poet. Wks. 1721 II. 77 Thy Justice..Creates Condecencies as strict. |