Meanings
nounpretendence (countable and uncountable, plural pretendences)
plural pretendences
- countableobsoleteuncountableThe act of pretending; pretense.
God and men doe scorne Their proiects, censures, vaine pretendences
1603, Samuel Daniel, A Panegyrick Congratulatory to the King's Most Excellent Majesty
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