fervency

[ fur-vuh n-see ]

/ ˈfɜr vən si /

warmth or intensity of feeling; ardor; zeal; fervor.

Origin of fervency

1375–1425; late Middle English < Late Latin ferventia (see fervent, -ency); replacing fervence < Middle French < Latin ferventia

fertilizin, ferula, ferule, ferulic acid, ferv., fervency, fervent, fervid, fervidor, fervor, fervour

On Sunday at chapel, she sang with a vigour and fervency that attracted to her the curious gaze of more than one pair of eyes.

Mrs. Bindle |Hebert Jenkins
All the fervency of this adjuration failed to convince the deputies of their duty, as conceived by the orator.

Charles the Bold |Ruth Putnam
Slow movements are effective, but sufficient animation must prevail to impart life and fervency to the music.

Memories of a Musical Life |William Mason
The fervency of those new converts did not less edify Xavier than their number.

The Works of John Dryden, Volume XVI. (of 18) |John Dryden

Not perfunctorily, not lukewarmly, but with a fervency and fire that no word in the dictionary is strong enough to convey.

The Letters Of Mark Twain, Volume 6, 1907-1910 |Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

fervency

/ (ˈfɜːvənsɪ) /

another word for fervour