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-Ency

Webster's Dictionary

A noun suffix having much the same meaning as -ence, but more commonly signifying the quality or state; as, emergency, efficiency. See -ancy.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for '-Ency'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/-/-ency.html. 1828.