independency noun. [ɪndɪ'pɛnd(ǝ)nsi] E17.
[formed as INDEPENDENCE + -ENCY.]
1. = INDEPENDENCE 1. Now rare. E17.

2. Christian Church. (Independency.) The principle that each local congregation is autonomous and responsible to God alone; spec. Congregationalism. Now Hist. M17.

3. = INDEPENDENCE 2. M18.

4. An autonomous State. E19.

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