Also 7 errancie. [f. ERRANT a.: see -ANCY.] The condition of erring or being in error.

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1621.  W. Sclater, Tythes (1623), 161. In the Infancie, and as I may terme it, Errancie of the Church.

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1811.  Monthly Mag., XXXII. 143/1. The more remarkable cases of credulity, superstition, errancy of idea [etc.].

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1854.  W. Waterworth, Orig. Anglicanism, 3–4. The Catholic Church … denies the fact of the errancy of the Church.

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1864.  Ch. & State Rev., 1 July, 2/1. Mr. Gladstone’s errancy has continued longer … than that of any other politician.

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