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Webster 1913 Edition


Manutenency

Manˊu-ten′en-cy

,
Noun.
[L.
manus
hand +
tenere
to hold.]
Maintenance.
[Obs.]
Abp. Sancroft.

Webster 1828 Edition


Manutenency

MANUTEN'ENCY

,
Noun.
Maintenance. [Not in use.]

Definition 2024


manutenency

manutenency

English

Noun

manutenency (usually uncountable, plural manutenencies)

  1. (obsolete) maintenance
    • Archbishop William Sancroft
      Mercy first, that God spar'd us, and preserv'd us so long. For without his Divine Manutenency, our strongest Fabrics had fallen immediately upon their very Builders.