The Collaborative International Dictionary
Survivance
Survivance \Sur*viv"ance\, Survivancy \Sur*viv"an*cy\, n. [F. survivance.] Survivorship. [R.]
His son had the survivance of the stadtholdership.
--Bp. Burnet.
Wiktionary
survivance
n. 1 survivorship 2 (context Canada English) The survival of Francophone culture in the face of Anglo-American hegemony.
Wikipedia
Survivance
Survivance is a critical term in Native American studies.