Currence

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being current (generally circulated and accepted); currency, currentness. obsolete, uncountable

    "And the time consumed in discussion will certainly not have been lost, if it only strips the argument of all sentimentalism and false currence, and leaves it to be judged by good sense and sound reason."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

Example

More examples

"And the time consumed in discussion will certainly not have been lost, if it only strips the argument of all sentimentalism and false currence, and leaves it to be judged by good sense and sound reason."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin currentia + -ence, from Latin currō (“to run”).

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