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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
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SYLLABICATION:dil·i·gence
PRONUNCIATION:  dl-jns, dl-zhäs
NOUN: A large stagecoach.
ETYMOLOGY:French, from (carrosse de) diligence, speed (coach), from Old French, diligence, dispatch, from Latin dligentia, from dligns, dligent-, diligent. See diligent.
 
 
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