ingredience

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noun

Entrance; ingress.

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Meanings

nouningredience (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountableEntrance; ingress.

    I looked upon them [worldly advantages] as External and Adventitious advantages, that had no ingredience at all into my Soul, unleſs poſſibly for the worſe.

    1676, [Matthew Hale], “The Great Audit. VVith the Account of the Good Stevvard. [The Account of the Good Steward.]”, in Contemplations Moral and Divine. […], London: […] William Godbid, for William Shrowsbury […], and John Leigh […], →OCLC, pages 462A–463A
  2. obsoleteuncountableThe quality or state of being an ingredient or component part.

Synonyms & antonyms

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ingrediency

Origin

See ingredient.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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