English

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Etymology

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French survivance.

Noun

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survivance (countable and uncountable, plural survivances)

  1. (now rare) Survival.
  2. Succession to an estate, office etc. of someone who survives the previous holder, as nominated by them; survivorship.
    • a. 1716 (date written), [Gilbert] Burnet, edited by [Gilbert Burnet Jr.], Bishop Burnet’s History of His Own Time. [], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: [] Thomas Ward [], published 1724, →OCLC:
      His son had the survivance of the stadtholdership.
  3. (Canada) The survival of Francophone culture in the face of Anglo-American hegemony.

Derived terms

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French

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Etymology

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From survivre +‎ -ance.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɑ̃s

Noun

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survivance f (plural survivances)

  1. relic

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