"correspondency" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: correspondencies [plural]
Etymology: From Latin correspondentia. By surface analysis, correspond + -ency. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|correspondentia}} Latin correspondentia, {{surf|en|correspond|-ency}} By surface analysis, correspond + -ency Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} correspondency (countable and uncountable, plural correspondencies)
  1. (obsolete) Synonym of correspondence. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable Synonyms: correspondence [synonym, synonym-of]

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