Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

prætence

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: præ-tence
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Obsolete spelling of pretence.

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"VVhich if it were ſo, then would there not bee ſo many vpſtart Rabulæ Forenſes, which vnder a prætence of Lawe, become altogeather lawleſſe, to the continuall moleſtation of ignoraunt men, and generall ouercharging of the countrey, with an ouerflowing multitude of ſeditious cauyllers:[…]"
"But thinke with thy ſelfe, will theſe diſtinctions, prætences & qualifications ſatisfie my conſcience hereafter in the day of trial?"
"[…]; from whence the French, taking an occaſion of jealouſie, and being troubled about Philipsburg, upon prætence of an intercepted Treaty between the Prince Elector of Heydelbergh and His Imperial Majeſty, drew their Troops together out of Alſatia, under the Marquis du Vaubrun, and out of Lorrain under the Marquis de Rochefort:[…]"

Usage

Inflected Forms

prætences (plural)

Questions

What does prætence mean?: Obsolete spelling of pretence.

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