[See prec. and -ENCY.] = QUIESCENCE.
1649. Bulwer, Pathomyot., II. i. 82. To find a quiescency many Muscles working.
1664. Power, Exp. Philos., I. 69–70. When they [Animal Spirits] are in Quiescency.
1824. Landor, Imag. Conv., Southey & Porson, Wks. 1853, I. 79/2. Much of this quiescency induces debility.
1882–3. Schaff, Encycl. Relig. Knowl., I. 465. His Godhead … was in a state of quiescency during his humiliation.
