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condeˈscendency ? Obs.
[f. as prec., with the later form of the suffix, -ency.]
Condescension; condescending quality or nature.
1657W. Guthrie Chr. Gt. Interest (1825) 230 God's condescendency and offer in that great and primary promise. c1670Avery Let. in Boyle's Wks. VI. 610 (R.) The respect and condescendency which you have already shown me. 1702C. Mather Magn. Chr. ii. iv. (1852) 126 The governour..with his usual condescendency, made a speech. 1805Edin. Rev. 41 A striking instance..of his condescendency. |