insignificancy

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They considered not, that the very insignificancy of these ceremonies recommended them to the superstitious prelate, and made them appear the more peculiarly sacred and religious, as they could serve to no other purpose.

From The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part E. From Charles I. to Cromwell by Hume, David

Others were less observed from their supposed comparative insignificancy; although, if453 you had attended the auctions, you would have found in them many very useful, and even rare and splendid, productions.

From Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall

When, by them, Administration is convinced of its insignificancy, they are soon to be convinced of their own. 

From Thoughts on the Present Discontents, and Speeches, etc. by Morley, Henry

Greece shared in the general decay: her commerce and manufactures, being confined to supplying the consumption of a diminished and impoverished population, sunk into insignificancy.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 368, June 1846 by Various

Pleased, as I gazed upon thy lofty brow Where Nature seems her loveliest robes to wear, I felt that Pride at such a scene must bow, And own its insignificancy there.

From Heart Utterances at Various Periods of a Chequered Life by Gurney, Eliza Paul