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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PECCANCY

n.[from peccant. ] Bad quality; as the peccancy of the humors. 1. Offense.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PECCANCY

Pec "can *cy, n. Etym: [L. peccantia.]

 

1. The quality or state of being peccant.

 

2. A sin; an offense. W. Montagu.