imminency

1. (archaic) imminenceExamples: "His career as editor had been long enough, however, for him to impress upon the minds of the French public the imminency of the Prussian Peril."; "For Mr. Madison the caucus was unanimous, but there was a difference with regard to the Vice-Presidency, then filled by the aged George Clinton of New York, who represented the anti-Virginian wing of the party in power. Mr. Calhoun, in a set speech, opposed the renomination of Governor Clinton, on the ground that in the imminency of a war with England the Republican party ought to present an unbroken front."