In`de·pend'en·cy noun 1. Independence. « 'Give me,' I cried (enough for me), 'My bread, and independency !'» Pope. 2. (Eccl.) Doctrine and polity of the Independents. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/I/42
independence (def. 1). · a territory not under the control of any other power. · (cap.) · the principle that the individual congregation or church is an autonomous and equalitarian society free from any external ecclesiastical control. · the polity based on this principle. Found on https://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/independency