Obs. [see -ENCY.] = prec.

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  In modern use it would properly mean ‘the quality or fact of being coalescent.’

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1656.  J. Owen, Wks. (1851), VIII. 422. They come to a coalescency in love and truth. Ibid. (a. 1683), Expos. Hebrews (1790), IV. 369. From their coalescency into one sacred society.

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1681.  H. More, Exp. Dan. i. 9. The coalescency of these Two Nations into One Kingdom or Empire.

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