pursuance

English

Etymology

From pursue +‎ -ance.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pə(ɹ)ˈsjuːəns/, /pə(ɹ)ˈsuːəns/

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Noun

pursuance (countable and uncountable, plural pursuances)

1. A search for something; a pursuit or quest.
   • 1653, Jeremy Taylor, “Twenty-five Sermons Preached at Golden Grove; Being for the Winter Half-year, […]: To the Right Honourable and Truly Noble Richard Lord Vaughan, Earl of Carbery, &c.”, in Reginald Heber, editor, The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor, D.D. […], volume V, London: Ogle, Duncan, and Co. […]; and Richard Priestley, […], published 1822, →OCLC, page xiv:

     [N]o man ought to be offended, that sermons are not like curious inquiries after new nothings, but pursuances of old truths.

   • 1911, “Saint Bridget of Sweden”, in Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th edition:

     About 1350 she went to Rome, partly to obtain from the pope the authorization of the new order, partly in pursuance of her self-imposed mission to elevate the moral tone of the age.

2. A completion or putting into effect of something already begun; a prosecution.
3. The state of being pursuant; consequence.