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Meaning of Pursuance | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
pə(ɹ)ˈsjuːəns

Definitions

  1. A search for something; a pursuit or quest.
  2. A completion or putting into effect of something already begun; a prosecution.
  3. The state of being pursuant; consequence.

Equivalents

العربية المواصلة
Deutsch Verfolgung

Examples

“[N]o man ought to be offended, that sermons are not like curious inquiries after new nothings, but pursuances of old truths.”
“About 1350 she went to Rome, partly to obtain from the pope the authorization of the new order, partly in pursuance of her self-imposed mission to elevate the moral tone of the age.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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