permanencyn.
/ˈpəːmənənsi/, /ˈpəːmn̩ənsi/, U.S. /ˈpərm(ə)nənsi/ 1. The quality of being permanent; enduring nature or character; durability, lastingness, permanence.
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the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > lasting quality, permanence > [noun]
durabilityc1374
duringc1374
lastingnessa1398
perdurance1508
permanence1509
durancea1513
permanency1555
durableness1587
indeficiency1614
duration1637
durancy1647
indelibleness1655
unfailingnessa1656
undissolution1662
permanentness1727
persistency1833
out-take1866
1555 R. Eden tr. V. Biringucci Pyrotechnia in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 338v There are..but fewe which hold not sum smaul portion therof [gold], more or lesse according to the mixtion & permanencie of theyr substances.
1589 ‘M. Marprelate’ Epitome P iij Here then is the puritans I, for the permanencie of this government, and M. doctors no.
1613 A. Sherley Relation Trav. Persia 27 [Great] distinction between the effects of the world, and the workings of God..permanency in the last, and no more but apparition in the other.
1682 J. Norris tr. Hierocles Golden Verses 87 The solidity & permanency of vertue.
1746 J. Hervey Refl. Flower Garden in Medit. (1767) I. 127 They want nothing but Solidity and Permanency; to equal them with the finest Treasures of the Jeweller's Casket.
1788 A. Hamilton Federalist Papers lxxviii. 298 There is yet a further and a weighty reason for the permanency of the judicial offices.
1814 J. Austen Mansfield Park III. xvii. 352 She was established at Mansfield, with every appearance of equal permanency . View more context for this quotation
1865 Reader 7 Oct. 392/3 Recording their beauty..in all the permanency of print.
1895 H. G. Wells Time Machine xiii. 130 It had set itself steadfastly towards comfort and ease, a balanced society with security and permanency as its watchword.
1948 Life 6 Sept. 65/2 (advt.) Permanency of the exquisite tone is assured by the exclusive Tone Stabilator..a distinctive feature of every Lester Grand Piano.
1994 Times Lit. Suppl. 24 Oct. 24/4 Lancashire Catholicism still has a special flavour of security and permanency.
2. A person who or thing which is permanent; something which endures or is of lasting value, importance, etc.; a permanent post or appointment.
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the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > lasting quality, permanence > [noun] > permanent thing or person
perpetuity?1406
perseveranta1500
continuer1548
remainer1565
standard1639
holder-out1645
constancy1710
permanent1747
permanency1794
1794 G. Rennie Gen. View Agric. West Riding of Yorkshire 51 No man will ever pay as much for an acre of land, while he is removable at pleasure, as when a permanency is granted him.
1802 J. Baillie Second Marriage iv. i, in Series Plays Stronger Passions II. 435 Pardon me if I say that you also are wrong, in fixing yourself down, in the very beginning of your career, as a quiet unaspiring man, who is glad to be early provided for in a quiet, humble permanency.
1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. xix. 149 A seeming permanency compared with the ephemeral ruins that beat against its sides.
1884 Truth 13 Mar. 379/1 I only wish he might be considered a permanency.
1912 Times 19 Mar. 10/4 They offered the extras to the drivers not as a temporary arrangement, but as a permanency.
1988 Nature 17 Nov. 190/2 Influenced, no doubt, by knowing that many sixteenth-century buildings are still being used, every client sees his investment as a permanency.
2001 Guardian (Nexis) 26 May (Weekend Suppl.) 83 Thyme and winter savory will be permanencies near the kitchen.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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