\De*pend"en*cy\, n.; pl. {Dependencies}.
1. State of being dependent; dependence; state of being
   subordinate; subordination; concatenation; connection;
   reliance; trust.
         Any long series of action, the parts of which have
         very much dependency each on the other. --Sir J.
                                               Reynolds.
   So that they may acknowledge their dependency on the crown
   of England.                                 --Bacon.
2. A thing hanging down; a dependence.
3. That which is attached to something else as its
   consequence, subordinate, satellite, and the like.
         This earth and its dependencies.      --T. Burnet.
         Modes I call such complex ideas which . . . are
         considered as dependencies on or affections of
         substances.                           --Locke.
4. A territory remote from the kingdom or state to which it
   belongs, but subject to its dominion; a colony; as, Great
   Britain has its dependencies in Asia, Africa, and America.
Note: Dependence is more used in the abstract, and dependency
      in the concrete. The latter is usually restricted in
      meaning to 3 and 4.