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Flagrancies

Flagrancy \Fla"gran*cy\, n.; pl. Flagrancies. [L. flagrantia a burning. See Flagrant.]

  1. A burning; great heat; inflammation. [Obs.]

    Lust causeth a flagrancy in the eyes.
    --Bacon.

  2. The condition or quality of being flagrant; atrocity; heiniousness; enormity; excess.
    --Steele.