manutenency

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noun

maintenance

OriginLatin manus →
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Meanings

nounmanutenency (usually uncountable, plural manutenencies)

plural manutenencies

  1. obsoleteuncountableusuallymaintenance

    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.

    1666, William Sancroft, Lex Ignea: or, the School of Righteousness

Origin

  1. Latinmanus“hand”
  2. Englishmanutenency

From Latin manus (“hand”) + tenere (“to hold”).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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