independency

Independence.

An independent territory or state.

The Independent movement in 17th-century England.

Independence.

Eccles., the principle that the individual congregation or church is a society strictly voluntary and autonomous, standing directly under the authority of Jesus Christ, living in immediate dependence on him, and responsible to him alone for its beliefs and acts as a Christian society; specifically, the principles of the Independents or English Congregationalists, as distinguished from those of the Congregationalists of the United States.

Independence.

Doctrine and polity of the Independents.

Independence.

An independent territory or state.

freedom from control or influence of another or others