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.
2.
Subject; matter. [Obsolete]
Upon importance of so slight and trivial a nature.
3.
Import; meaning; significance. [Obsolete]
The wisest beholder could not say if the importance were joy or sorrow.
4.
Importunity; solicitation. [Obsolete]
At our importance hither is he come.