Obs. rare–1. [ad. L. absentia; see ABSENCE, the ordinary form, taken from Fr., while absency is a direct adaptation of L.] = ABSENCE.
1599. Buttes, in Arber’s Introd. to James I’s Counterblast, 93. Or Plinies Nosemen (mouthles men) surnam’d, Whose breathing nose supply’d Mouths absency.
