pretendence

English

Noun

pretendence (countable and uncountable, plural pretendences)

1. (obsolete) The act of pretending; pretense.
   • 1603, Samuel Daniel, A Panegyrick Congratulatory to the King's Most Excellent Majesty:

     God and men doe scorne
     Their proiects, censures, vaine pretendences

References

“pretendence”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.