Sig-nĭf'i-cance or Sig-nĭf'i-can-cy, n.
n. [O. Fr. significance, Pr., Sp., & It. significanza, Lat. significantia.]
Sense 1. The state of being significant.
Sense 2. That which is signified; meaning; import; as, the significance of a nod, or of a motion of the hand, or of a word or expression.
Sense 3. Importance; moment; weight; consequence.
With this brain I must work, in order to give significancy and value to the few facts which I possess. De Quincey.