survivance

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English

Etymology

French survivance.

Noun

survivance (countable and uncountable, plural survivances)

  1. (now rare) Survival.
  2. Succession to an estate, office etc. of someone who survives the previous holder, as nominated by them; survivorship.
    • a. 1716 (date written), [Gilbert] Burnet, edited by , Bishop Burnet’s History of His Own Time. , volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Thomas Ward , published 1724, →OCLC:
      His son had the survivance of the stadtholdership.
  3. (Canada) The survival of Francophone culture in the face of Anglo-American hegemony.

Derived terms

French

Etymology

From survivre +‎ -ance.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɑ̃s

Noun

survivance f (plural survivances)

  1. relic

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