incipiency
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I rejoice, dear sir, that I have some connection with this honorable movement in its incipiency.
From The Black Phalanx African American soldiers in the War of Independence, the War of 1812, and the Civil War by Joseph T. (Joseph Thomas) Wilson
The American system of education, in its incipiency, and for a long while, was one founded on Bible-teaching and religious exercises.
From Public School Education by Michael Müller
The "farmers' movement" is in its incipiency; it maybe said to be now only preparing for action, and it is yet too soon to look for united effort.
From Monopolies and the People by D. C. Cloud
The idea of constructing a planetary Canal system had its incipiency at the time of Christ's visit to our planet.
From The Planet Mars and Its Inhabitants, a psychic revelation by J. L. Kennon
In order to make the theory of water erosion tenable it is assumed that the Colorado river started in its incipiency like any other river.
From Arizona Sketches by J. A. (Joseph Amasa) Munk
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