Idiotry

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Idiocy obsolete, uncountable

    "But ſo great vvas his love of ſacred amity at the ſame time, that he ſays, I ſtill keep up any correſpondence vvith him, notvvithſtanding his Idiotry, for it is my principle to be contſant in my friendſhips— […]"

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idiocy

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"But ſo great vvas his love of ſacred amity at the ſame time, that he ſays, I ſtill keep up any correſpondence vvith him, notvvithſtanding his Idiotry, for it is my principle to be contſant in my friendſhips— […]"

Etymology

From idiot + -ry.

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