Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Remanence \Rem"a*nence\ (r?m"?*nens), Remanency \Rem"a*nen*cy\
   (-nen*s?), n. [Cf. OF. remanence, LL. remanentia, fr. L.
   remanens. See {Remanent}, a.]
   The state of being remanent; continuance; permanence. [R.]
   --Jer. Taylor.

         The remanence of the will in the fallen spirit.
                                                  --Coleridge.