fervency

English

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  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfɝ.vən.si/
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Noun

fervency (usually uncountable, plural fervencies)

  1. The state of being fervent.
    • 2002, Michel Faber, The Crimson Petal and the White, Canongate Books (2010), page 403:
      A glow of fervency is ignited in her eyes, the same glow as when she argues points of faith with him on their walks after church.

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