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independency

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in⋅de⋅pend⋅en⋅cy

  [in-di-pen-duhn-see]
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–noun, plural -cies.
1. independence (def. 1).
2. a territory not under the control of any other power.
3. (initial capital letter) Ecclesiastical.
a. the principle that the individual congregation or church is an autonomous and equalitarian society free from any external ecclesiastical control.
b. the polity based on this principle.
Origin:
1605–15; independ(ent) + -ency

in⋅de⋅pend⋅ence

  [in-di-pen-duhns]
–noun
1. Also, independency. the state or quality of being independent.
2. freedom from the control, influence, support, aid, or the like, of others.
3. Archaic. a competency.
Origin:
1630–40; independ(ent) + -ence

Synonyms:
1. See freedom.
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in·de·pen·den·cy   (ĭn'dĭ-pěn'dən-sē)   
n.   pl. in·de·pen·den·cies

  1. Independence.

  2. An independent territory or state.

  3. Independency The Independent movement in 17th-century England.

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Independence

City in western Missouri.

Note: Beginning of the Santa Fe Trail, used by settlers moving west.
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