"commorancy" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: commorancies [plural]
Etymology: From stem of Latin commorāns, present participle of commorārī (“to remain, delay”), from mora (“a delay”), + -cy. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|commorāns}} Latin commorāns, {{suffix|en||cy}} + -cy Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} commorancy (countable and uncountable, plural commorancies)
  1. (dated) A house for a place of residence, usually a temporary one. Tags: countable, dated, uncountable
    Sense id: en-commorancy-en-noun-fL6RntxP
  2. (dated) Act of dwelling or residence in a place; habitation. Tags: countable, dated, uncountable
    Sense id: en-commorancy-en-noun-rnzc4Qcc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -cy, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 70 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -cy: 24 76 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 22 78 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: commorance, commorant

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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