pertinency
English
Etymology
From Latin pertinere
Noun
pertinency (usually uncountable, plural pertinencies)
- The quality of being pertinent to the matter at hand; relevance.
- Bentley
- The fitness and pertinency of the apostle's discourse.
- Bentley
- (countable, dated) Something that is relevant to the matter at hand.
- 1902, Chemical, Metallurgical, and Mining Society of South Africa, Proceedings (volume 3, page 450)
- We note the following pertinencies […]
- 1902, Chemical, Metallurgical, and Mining Society of South Africa, Proceedings (volume 3, page 450)
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