Ex-ist'ence or Ex-ist'en-cy, n.

n. [Fr. existence, Pr., Sp., & Pg. existencia, It. esistenza.]

1. The state of existing or being; continuance in being; as, the existence of body and of soul in union; the separate existence of the soul; immortal existence: temporal existence.
2. Continued or repeated manifestation; occurrence, as of events of any kind; as, the existence of a calamity or of a state of war.
3. That which exists; a being; a creature; an entity; as, living existences.