indistancy

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noun

Lack of distance or separation; nearness.

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Meanings

nounindistancy (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountableLack of distance or separation; nearness.

    The soul thus existing after death, and separated from the body, though of a nature spiritual, is really and truly in some place; if not by way of circumscription, as proper bodies are, yet by way of determination and indistancy.

    1659, John Pearson, Exposition of the Creed

Origin

From in- + distancy.

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APA

indistancy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/indistancy

MLA

“indistancy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/indistancy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “indistancy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/indistancy.

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