pernancy

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UK/ˈpɜːnənsi/US/ˈpɜɹnənsi/

noun

A taking or reception, as the receiving of rents or tithes in kind, the receiving of profits.

OriginAnglo-Norman pernance ← Old French prenance ← Latin prendere →
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Meanings

nounpernancy (usually uncountable, plural pernancies)

plural pernancies

  1. obsoleteuncountableusuallylawA taking or reception, as the receiving of rents or tithes in kind, the receiving of profits.

    pernancy of the profits

    1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latinprendere
  2. Old Frenchprenance
  3. Anglo-Normanpernance
  4. Englishpernancy

From Anglo-Norman pernance, from Old French prenance, from prendre, prenre, penre (“to take”), from Latin prendere, prehendere.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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