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名詞

imminency (複数形 imminencies)

1. (archaic) imminence
   • 1918, John L. B. Williams, A.M., Fighting France^[1]:

     His career as editor had been long enough, however, for him to impress upon the minds of the French public the imminency of the Prussian Peril.

   • 1867, James Parton, Famous Americans of Recent Times^[2]:

     For Mr. Madison the caucus was unanimous, but there was a difference with regard to the Vice-Presidency, then filled by the aged George Clinton of New York, who represented the anti-Virginian wing of the party in power. Mr. Calhoun, in a set speech, opposed the renomination of Governor Clinton, on the ground that in the imminency of a war with England the Republican party ought to present an unbroken front.