significancy
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Yet are they certainly not without argumentative weight and significancy.
From The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to S. Mark by Burgon, John William
All this amorous and poetical caressing of the May discovers, in the twice resting the process of events in "The Knight's Tale" upon the observance of May-day, a significancy otherwise perhaps less evident.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 by Various
But it seemed to catch the eye of the painter’s wife with a special significancy.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 4 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
Not the prevalence, then, but the significancy of the nickname is to be noted here.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
Hence, like the first, it may be postponed until we come to consider the true meaning and the real political significancy of the natural equality of all men.
From Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject by Elliott, E. N.