The quality or state of being important; consequence; weight; moment; significance.
Subject; matter.
Import; meaning; significance.
Importunity; solicitation.
Alt. of Prominency
The quality or state of being prominent; a standing out from something; conspicuousness.
That which is prominent; a protuberance.
Alt. of Significancy
The quality or state of being significant.
That which is signified; meaning; import; as, the significance of a nod, of a motion of the hand, or of a word or expression.
Importance; moment; weight; consequence.
One of several things signified by a common term.
The act of signifying; a making known by signs or other means.
That which is signified or made known; that meaning which a sign, character, or token is intended to convey; as, the signification of words.
One who, or that which, signifies.
Formerly, a writ issuing out of chancery, upon certificate given by the ordinary, of a man's standing excommunicate by the space of forty days, for the laying him up in prison till he submit himself to the authority of the church.