rare. [ad. rare L. tolerāntia: see prec. and -ANCY.] The quality or habit of being tolerant: cf. prec. 3.
a. 1556. Udall, Lett., in Royster D. (Shaks. Soc.), Introd. By their excedyng gret tolerancie brought them to goodnes.
1825. Coleridge, Aids Refl., xxvi. (1848), I. 77. I shall believe our present religious tolerancy to proceed from the abundance of our charity and good sense.
