"adherency" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: adherencies [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Medieval Latin adhaerentia. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|en|la-med|adhaerentia|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Medieval Latin adhaerentia, {{bor+|en|la-med|adhaerentia}} Borrowed from Medieval Latin adhaerentia Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} adherency (countable and uncountable, plural adherencies)
  1. (uncountable) The state or quality of being adherent; adherence. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-adherency-en-noun-i8qCrA5j
  2. (uncountable, now rare) A following; a group of adherents. Tags: archaic, uncountable
    Sense id: en-adherency-en-noun-3rlqK~Ys
  3. (countable, obsolete) That which adheres. Tags: countable, obsolete
    Sense id: en-adherency-en-noun-lwYhxf-K Categories (other): Early Modern English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, Late Modern English Disambiguation of Early Modern English: 11 37 52 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 34 49 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 22 27 51 Disambiguation of Late Modern English: 8 20 72

Inflected forms

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