"survivance" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: survivances [plural]
Etymology: French survivance. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|survivance}} French survivance Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} survivance (countable and uncountable, plural survivances)
  1. (now rare) Survival. Tags: archaic, countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-survivance-en-noun-fcyoLpbC
  2. Succession to an estate, office etc. of someone who survives the previous holder, as nominated by them; survivorship. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-survivance-en-noun-0wgcLQEF
  3. (Canada) The survival of Francophone culture in the face of Anglo-American hegemony. Tags: Canada, countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-survivance-en-noun-poZXlQh7 Categories (other): Canadian English, English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 35 53 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 9 24 66 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 6 40 54 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 32 63
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: survivancy

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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