[ad. L. ex(s)ultantia: see prec. and -ANCY.] Exultant state or condition; an instance of the same; exultation, gladness, transport, triumph.

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1621.  Burton, Anat. Mel., III. ii. III. Joys, comforts, exultancies.

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a. 1660.  Hammond, Serm., viii. Wks. 1684, IV. 614. Always upon terms of Spiritual exultancy.

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1721–1800.  in Bailey.

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1847.  Ld. Lindsay, Chr. Art, I. 109. Fiery and almost fierce in their exultancy.

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1864.  Carlyle, Fredk. Gt., IV. XI. i. 3. A trace of airy exuberance, of natural exultancy.

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