pursuance

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English

Etymology

From pursue +‎ -ance.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pə(ɹ)ˈsjuːəns/, /pə(ɹ)ˈsuːəns/
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Noun

pursuance (countable and uncountable, plural pursuances)

  1. A search for something; a pursuit or quest.
    • 1653, Jeremy Taylor, “Twenty-five Sermons Preached at Golden Grove; Being for the Winter Half-year, : To the Right Honourable and Truly Noble Richard Lord Vaughan, Earl of Carbery, &c.”, in Reginald Heber, editor, The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor, D.D. , volume V, London: Ogle, Duncan, and Co. ; and Richard Priestley, , published 1822, →OCLC, page xiv:
      [N]o man ought to be offended, that sermons are not like curious inquiries after new nothings, but pursuances of old truths.
    • 1911, “Saint Bridget of Sweden”, in Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th edition:
      About 1350 she went to Rome, partly to obtain from the pope the authorization of the new order, partly in pursuance of her self-imposed mission to elevate the moral tone of the age.
  2. A completion or putting into effect of something already begun; a prosecution.
  3. The state of being pursuant; consequence.