Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Importance

Importance , noun

[French importance. See Important.]

1.
The quality or state of being important; consequence; weight; moment; significance.
Thy own importance know, Nor bound thy narrow views to things below. — Pope
2.
Subject; matter. [Obsolete]
Upon importance of so slight and trivial a nature. — Shakespeare
3.
Import; meaning; significance. [Obsolete]
The wisest beholder could not say if the importance were joy or sorrow. — Shakespeare
4.
Importunity; solicitation. [Obsolete]
At our importance hither is he come. — Shakespeare