COHERENCE

coherence|coherency. Coherence, or Coherency, n. connexion, fitness

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{ Co‐her″ence (?), Co‐her″en‐cy (?) }, n. [[L. cohaerentia: cf. F. cohérence.]] 1. 1. A sticking or cleaving together; union of parts of the same body; cohesion.
2. 2. Connection or dependence, proceeding from the subordination of the parts of a thing to one principle or purpose, as in the parts of a discourse, or of a system of philosophy; consecutiveness.
Coherence of discourse, and a direct tendency of all the parts of it to the argument in hand, are most eminently to be found in him. Locke.