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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Competence \Com"pe*tence\, Competency \Com"pe*ten*cy\, noun [Cf. F. comp['e]tence, from L. competentia agreement.]
1. The state of being competent; fitness; ability; adequacy; power.
The loan demonstrates, in regard to instrumental resources, the competency of this kingdom to the assertion of the common cause. --Burke.
To make them act zealously is not in the competence of law. --Burke.
2. Property or means sufficient for the necessaries and conveniences of life; sufficiency without excess.
Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense, Lie in three words -- health, peace, and competence. --Pope.
Superfluity comes sooner by white hairs, but competency lives longer. --Shak.
3. (Law) (a) Legal capacity or qualifications; fitness; as, the competency of a witness or of a evidence. (b) Right or authority; legal power or capacity to take cognizance of a cause; as, the competence of a judge or court. --Kent.
5. the quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually, especially possession of the skill and knowledge required (for a task). [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
competency
noun: the quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually [syn: {competence}] [ant: {incompetence}]
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