perseverancen.

Brit.

/ˌpəːsᵻˈvɪərəns/,

/ˌpəːsᵻˈvɪərn̩s/, U.S.

/ˌpərsəˈvɪrəns/

Forms: Middle English parceverance, Middle English parseueraunce, Middle English perseuerans, Middle English perseuerauns, Middle English perseuerawns, Middle English persiueraunse, Middle English 1600s– perseverance, Middle English–1500s perseueraunce, Middle English–1600s perseuerance, Middle English–1600s perseveraunce; Scottish pre-1700 perseuerance, pre-1700 perseuerans, pre-1700 persewerance, pre-1700 persewerans, pre-1700 persuerance (probably transmission error), pre-1700 1700s– perseverance; also Irish English (northern) 1900s– persevrance.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French parseverance, perseverance.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman parseverance and Middle French perseverance, parseverance (French persévérance ) continuation of a state of affairs (c1175 in Old French), steadfast pursuit of an aim, constancy of religious faith (13th cent. in Old French) < classical Latin persevērantia persistence, steadfastness, continued existence, in post-classical Latin also remaining in a state of grace or virtue (Vulgate) < persevērant- , persevērāns , present participle of persevērāre persevere v. + -ia -ia suffix¹: see -ance suffix. Compare Old Occitan perseverancia, perseveransa (late 13th cent.; Occitan perseverança), Catalan perseverança (13th cent.), Spanish perseverancia (late 14th cent. as perseverançia), Portuguese perseverança (14th cent.), Italian perseveranza (c1225).The word was formerly pronounced with stress on the second syllable: see note s.v. persevere v. This pronunciation is now archaic and regional.

a. The fact, process, condition, or quality of persevering; constant persistence in a course of action or purpose; steadfast pursuit of an aim, esp. in the face of difficulty or obstacles; assiduity.

ΚΠ

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 168 Þise uirtue oure greate filosofe, Iesu crist, clepeþ perseuerance, be huam þe guode godes knyt þoleþ þe kuedes and ylest al to þe ende ine þo heȝe way of perfeccion þat he heþ ynome.

c1380 G. Chaucer Second Nun's Tale 443 Ful wrongfully bigonne thow..And yet in wrong is thy perseueraunce.

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 9 Thei scholde be intollerable and invincible, if they myȝte haue the vertu of perseueraunce after theire impetuosite.

c1450 J. Lydgate Secrees (Sloane 2464) 364 (MED) With Noe, ye haue expert prudence..With duk Moyses, long perseveraunce.

a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 211 (MED) He sholde bene of grete Perseueraunce in purpos and in dede that he shall do, that he Pursu ham and fulfill ham wythout drede and couwardy.

1557 Bible (Whittingham) Eph. vi. 18 Watch thereunto with all perseuerance [a1384 Wycliffite, E.V. bysynesse, Tyndale instance and supplication].

1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida iii. iii. 144 Perseuerance deere my Lord: Keepes honour bright, to haue done, is to hang, Quite out of fashion.

1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd i. 148 Job, Whose constant perseverance overcame Whate're his cruel malice could invent.

a1754 T. Carte Gen. Hist. Eng. (1755) IV. 300 He..pursued them with the greatest perseverance and indefatigableness imaginable till he lost his life.

1796 E. Burke Corr. (1844) IV. 400 There is nothing which will not yield to perseverance and method.

1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xxii. 207 They kept on with unabated perseverance.

1854 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity III. viii. v. 359 Perseverance which hardened into obstinacy.

1903 B. Harraden Kathleen Frensham xviii. 278 She, with..perseverance, dug a hole in their frozen heart-springs.

1988 L. Appignanesi Simone de Beauvoir iii. 53 Olga lived only for the moment; all striving and perseverance..she considered contemptible.

2002 Big Issue 17 June 10/3 Until the upper-fifth, when I became only averagely sociable, co-operative and leader-like, and thoroughly below par in perseverance and reliability.

†b. Of a person: continued or prolonged life. †good perseverance: long life. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) Prol. 44 Biddeth ek for hem that ben at ese, That god hem graunte ay good perseueraunce.

c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) v. 3596 (MED) I preie..Þat he list graunt longe contenuaunce, Prosperite, and good perseueraunce..Vn-to þat noble myȝti conquerour Herry þe Fyfþe.

a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Vitell.) 10492 (MED) Grace dieu..To Our cosyn, dame Resoun..Elthe, Ioye, & contynuance, Worshepe, & long perseueraunce.

c. Of a thing: the quality or state of enduring; continuation; long-lastingness. Also (quot. a1500): stability.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > duration > [noun] > long duration or lasting through time

lenghc888

longnessOE

enduringc1374

length1388

continuing1398

long lasting?c1400

perdurability?a1425

perseverance?a1425

permanence1440

perdurablenessc1450

perdurationc1450

continuation1469

diuturnity?a1475

prolixityc1500

endurancea1513

sustention1515

continuance1552

long standinga1568

longitude1596

long-lastingness1598

sempiternity1599

consistence1606

persistence1621

long-livedness1652

abidingness1654

productedness1664

imperdibility1713

longiturnity1727

endurableness1795

lengthiness1829

endurability1837

perenniality1841

longevity1842

protractedness1855

enduringnessa1867

?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 87^v Of cancre vlcerate..it is said þat þe long lastyng of it & perseuerance [?c1425 Paris lastinge; L. perseuerantia] argueþ þe malice & þe grete difficulte of it.

a1438 Bk. Margery Kempe (1940) i. 102 (MED) Sche ȝaf preysyng to owr Lord & preyd hym of hys mercy to grawntyn hem good perseuerawns of wynde & wederyng þat þei myth come hom in safte.

a1500 in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1932) 161 41 (MED) Thou makist that ther is no parceverance Among estatis.

1543 ( Chron. J. Hardyng (1812) 207 (MED) Whyles seuen kynges had the gouernaunce, There might no lawe ne peace haue perseueraunce.

1653 J. Howell Ah, Ha; Tumulus Thalamus sig. B4^v They have nothing els to wish But a Perseverance of Bliss.

1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued II. i. v. 92 Others..stile the perseverance of body either in motion or rest a Force or Power of Inertness.

1867 W. R. Grove On Correlation Physical Forces (ed. 5) 321 If species be said to be a perseverance of type incapable of blending itself with other types.

1898 R. Radclyffe Wealth & Wild Cats 70 The ‘willie-willie’ has no perseverance;..the slightest opposition in the shape of a tin hut or a telegraph pole..destroys his symmetry.

1971 Jrnl. Amer. Hist. 58 233 The perseverance of language and culture are treated as well as the evolution of Mexican Americans from political nonentities to Chicano activists.

1990 J. Zerzan in A. Parfrey Apocalypse Culture (rev. ed.) 251 Gods whose death and resurrection testify to the perseverance of the soil, not to mention the human soul.

†d. Preservation, keeping. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > lasting quality, permanence > [noun] > act of remaining

remaining1496

remansion1598

lyinga1616

perseverance1657

keeping1780

1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Physical Inst. ii, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. H2 Places them in..vessels..for present use or perseverance, till occasion serves.

2. The action or fact of continuing or remaining in a state of grace, virtue, or religious fidelity; (Theology) continuance in a state of grace until death. In early use frequently in blessings. perseverance of the saints n. (in Calvinist theology) the continuance in a state of grace of the elect. This is one of the ‘Five points of Calvinism’, stated thus in the Westminster Confession of Faith (1646) xvii. §1: ‘They whom God hath accepted in his Beloved, effectually called and sanctified by his Spirit, can neither totally nor finally fall away from the state of grace, but shall certainly persevere therein to the end, and be eternally saved.’

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > perseverance or persistence > [noun]

beleaving1340

continuationc1374

improbityc1380

perseveringc1380

perseverancec1384

continuancec1405

perseverationa1500

patience1517

constancea1533

importunity1533

persistence1546

persisting1576

going-on1578

persistency1600

constancy1623

stickle1652

rubbing shift1675

doggedness1824

stick-to-itiveness1859

persistiveness1864

holdfastness1869

continuativeness1881

stick-to-itness1881

society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > grace > [noun] > condition > continuance in

perseverancea1555

society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > grace > [noun] > condition > continuance in > of those elected to eternal life

perseverance of the saints1628

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 2 Macc. xiv. 38 Rasias..helde purpose of continence in Jewrie apaied for to bitake body and soule of perseueraunce or lastynge [L. pro perseverantia].

c1400 Bk. to Mother (Bodl.) 48 (MED) Crist himself..wol come into þi soule and liȝte hure, tellinge þe hou þou shalt bere him wiþ goode werkes and norsche him wiþ perseueraunce.

c1438 Bk. Margery Kempe (1940) ii. 250 (MED) For alle þat arn in grace þis tyme God send hem perseuerawns in-to her lyuys ende & make me worthy to be partabyl of her preyerys.

a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) xxxvi. 8 Loke that the ese of ill stire not the fra perseueraunce.

a1555 J. Bradford in J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (1583) II. 1663 The perseuerance of Gods grace, with the knowledge of his good will, encrease with you vnto the ende.

1562 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. (new ed.) Table s.v. A confutation of the most wycked error, that Perseuerance is geuen of God according to the Merit of men. [Cf. J. Calvin Inst. ii. v. §3 Ipsa perseverantia donum Dei est; transl. by Norton, Contynaunce yt selfe ys the gyfte of God.]

1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer ii. 54 Nor helpes it those Who perseverance of the Saints oppose.

1699 Bp. G. Burnet Expos. 39 Articles (1700) xvii. 149 In the main points, the Absoluteness of the Decree, the Extent of Christ's Death, the Efficacy of Grace, and the Certainty of Perseverance, their opinions are the same.

1751 J. Wesley Wks. (1872) X. 291 The Apostle was at that time fully persuaded of his own perseverance.

1791 H. Harris Brief Acct. Life H. Harris 39 He did not hold the Perseverance of the Saints, and the doctrine of Election, &c.

1852 W. F. Hook Church Dict. (1871) 579 According to the Calvinistic system, the elect receive the grace of perseverance, so that when grace has once been received, they cannot finally fall away from it.

a1861 W. Cunningham Hist. Theol. (1864) II. xxi. 89 The perseverance of the Saints..Romish divines usually call the inamissibility [sic] of justice or righteousness.

1910 Catholic Encycl. VII. 261/2 This licence is only granted when the priest can give a written assurance that the candidate [for reconciliation] is sufficiently instructed and..prepared, and that there is some reasonable guarantee of his perseverance.

1997 Renaissance Q. 50 786 On the question of the perseverance of the saints..there is among Stuart divines a wide and nuanced range of opinions on whether it is fail-safe or not.

†3. Constancy, fidelity, esp. in love. Also personified. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > faithfulness or trustworthiness > fidelity or loyalty > [noun]

truthOE

trotha1225

trueness?c1225

fayc1300

hold13..

lewtyc1330

faithfulnessc1400

perseverance?a1439

adherence1449

familiarityc1450

fidelity1509

devotiona1530

adherency1579

reality1616

rightness1625

lealty1861

lealness1882

a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) i. 6690 In this world heer is no perseueraunce; Chaung is ay founde in men & women bothe.

c1450 ( G. Chaucer Bk. Duchess 1007 She hadde the moste grace, To have stedefast perseveraunce [v.r. parseueraunce], And esy, atempre goveraunce, That ever I knew or wyste yit.

a1500 (c1380) G. Chaucer Ballade on Womanly Noblesse 628 Whiles I live, myn herte to his maystresse You hath ful chose in trewe perseveraunce, Never to chaunge for no maner distresse.

1532 (a1475) Assembly of Ladies 91 in W. W. Skeat Chaucerian & Other Pieces (1897) 383 As I slep, me thought her com to me A gentilwoman..On her purfyl her word was..Bien et loyalment..She sayd she called was Perseveraunce.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	perseverance
释义	perseverancen. Brit. /ˌpəːsᵻˈvɪərəns/, /ˌpəːsᵻˈvɪərn̩s/, U.S. /ˌpərsəˈvɪrəns/ Forms: Middle English parceverance, Middle English parseueraunce, Middle English perseuerans, Middle English perseuerauns, Middle English perseuerawns, Middle English persiueraunse, Middle English 1600s– perseverance, Middle English–1500s perseueraunce, Middle English–1600s perseuerance, Middle English–1600s perseveraunce; Scottish pre-1700 perseuerance, pre-1700 perseuerans, pre-1700 persewerance, pre-1700 persewerans, pre-1700 persuerance (probably transmission error), pre-1700 1700s– perseverance; also Irish English (northern) 1900s– persevrance. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French parseverance, perseverance. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman parseverance and Middle French perseverance, parseverance (French persévérance ) continuation of a state of affairs (c1175 in Old French), steadfast pursuit of an aim, constancy of religious faith (13th cent. in Old French) < classical Latin persevērantia persistence, steadfastness, continued existence, in post-classical Latin also remaining in a state of grace or virtue (Vulgate) < persevērant- , persevērāns , present participle of persevērāre persevere v. + -ia -ia suffix¹: see -ance suffix. Compare Old Occitan perseverancia, perseveransa (late 13th cent.; Occitan perseverança), Catalan perseverança (13th cent.), Spanish perseverancia (late 14th cent. as perseverançia), Portuguese perseverança (14th cent.), Italian perseveranza (c1225).The word was formerly pronounced with stress on the second syllable: see note s.v. persevere v. This pronunciation is now archaic and regional. 1. a. The fact, process, condition, or quality of persevering; constant persistence in a course of action or purpose; steadfast pursuit of an aim, esp. in the face of difficulty or obstacles; assiduity. ΚΠ 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 168 Þise uirtue oure greate filosofe, Iesu crist, clepeþ perseuerance, be huam þe guode godes knyt þoleþ þe kuedes and ylest al to þe ende ine þo heȝe way of perfeccion þat he heþ ynome. c1380 G. Chaucer Second Nun's Tale 443 Ful wrongfully bigonne thow..And yet in wrong is thy perseueraunce. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 9 Thei scholde be intollerable and invincible, if they myȝte haue the vertu of perseueraunce after theire impetuosite. c1450 J. Lydgate Secrees (Sloane 2464) 364 (MED) With Noe, ye haue expert prudence..With duk Moyses, long perseveraunce. a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 211 (MED) He sholde bene of grete Perseueraunce in purpos and in dede that he shall do, that he Pursu ham and fulfill ham wythout drede and couwardy. 1557 Bible (Whittingham) Eph. vi. 18 Watch thereunto with all perseuerance [a1384 Wycliffite, E.V. bysynesse, Tyndale instance and supplication]. 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida iii. iii. 144 Perseuerance deere my Lord: Keepes honour bright, to haue done, is to hang, Quite out of fashion. View more context for this quotation 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd i. 148 Job, Whose constant perseverance overcame Whate're his cruel malice could invent. View more context for this quotation a1754 T. Carte Gen. Hist. Eng. (1755) IV. 300 He..pursued them with the greatest perseverance and indefatigableness imaginable till he lost his life. 1796 E. Burke Corr. (1844) IV. 400 There is nothing which will not yield to perseverance and method. 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xxii. 207 They kept on with unabated perseverance. 1854 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity III. viii. v. 359 Perseverance which hardened into obstinacy. 1903 B. Harraden Kathleen Frensham xviii. 278 She, with..perseverance, dug a hole in their frozen heart-springs. 1988 L. Appignanesi Simone de Beauvoir iii. 53 Olga lived only for the moment; all striving and perseverance..she considered contemptible. 2002 Big Issue 17 June 10/3 Until the upper-fifth, when I became only averagely sociable, co-operative and leader-like, and thoroughly below par in perseverance and reliability. †b. Of a person: continued or prolonged life. †good perseverance: long life. Obsolete. ΚΠ a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) Prol. 44 Biddeth ek for hem that ben at ese, That god hem graunte ay good perseueraunce. c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) v. 3596 (MED) I preie..Þat he list graunt longe contenuaunce, Prosperite, and good perseueraunce..Vn-to þat noble myȝti conquerour Herry þe Fyfþe. a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Vitell.) 10492 (MED) Grace dieu..To Our cosyn, dame Resoun..Elthe, Ioye, & contynuance, Worshepe, & long perseueraunce. c. Of a thing: the quality or state of enduring; continuation; long-lastingness. Also (quot. a1500): stability. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > [noun] > long duration or lasting through time lenghc888 longnessOE enduringc1374 length1388 continuing1398 long lasting?c1400 perdurability?a1425 perseverance?a1425 permanence1440 perdurablenessc1450 perdurationc1450 continuation1469 diuturnity?a1475 prolixityc1500 endurancea1513 sustention1515 continuance1552 long standinga1568 longitude1596 long-lastingness1598 sempiternity1599 consistence1606 persistence1621 long-livedness1652 abidingness1654 productedness1664 imperdibility1713 longiturnity1727 endurableness1795 lengthiness1829 endurability1837 perenniality1841 longevity1842 protractedness1855 enduringnessa1867 ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 87^v Of cancre vlcerate..it is said þat þe long lastyng of it & perseuerance [?c1425 Paris lastinge; L. perseuerantia] argueþ þe malice & þe grete difficulte of it. a1438 Bk. Margery Kempe (1940) i. 102 (MED) Sche ȝaf preysyng to owr Lord & preyd hym of hys mercy to grawntyn hem good perseuerawns of wynde & wederyng þat þei myth come hom in safte. a1500 in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1932) 161 41 (MED) Thou makist that ther is no parceverance Among estatis. 1543 ( Chron. J. Hardyng (1812) 207 (MED) Whyles seuen kynges had the gouernaunce, There might no lawe ne peace haue perseueraunce. 1653 J. Howell Ah, Ha; Tumulus Thalamus sig. B4^v They have nothing els to wish But a Perseverance of Bliss. 1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued II. i. v. 92 Others..stile the perseverance of body either in motion or rest a Force or Power of Inertness. 1867 W. R. Grove On Correlation Physical Forces (ed. 5) 321 If species be said to be a perseverance of type incapable of blending itself with other types. 1898 R. Radclyffe Wealth & Wild Cats 70 The ‘willie-willie’ has no perseverance;..the slightest opposition in the shape of a tin hut or a telegraph pole..destroys his symmetry. 1971 Jrnl. Amer. Hist. 58 233 The perseverance of language and culture are treated as well as the evolution of Mexican Americans from political nonentities to Chicano activists. 1990 J. Zerzan in A. Parfrey Apocalypse Culture (rev. ed.) 251 Gods whose death and resurrection testify to the perseverance of the soil, not to mention the human soul. †d. Preservation, keeping. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > lasting quality, permanence > [noun] > act of remaining remaining1496 remansion1598 lyinga1616 perseverance1657 keeping1780 1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Physical Inst. ii, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. H2 Places them in..vessels..for present use or perseverance, till occasion serves. 2. The action or fact of continuing or remaining in a state of grace, virtue, or religious fidelity; (Theology) continuance in a state of grace until death. In early use frequently in blessings. perseverance of the saints n. (in Calvinist theology) the continuance in a state of grace of the elect. This is one of the ‘Five points of Calvinism’, stated thus in the Westminster Confession of Faith (1646) xvii. §1: ‘They whom God hath accepted in his Beloved, effectually called and sanctified by his Spirit, can neither totally nor finally fall away from the state of grace, but shall certainly persevere therein to the end, and be eternally saved.’ ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > perseverance or persistence > [noun] beleaving1340 continuationc1374 improbityc1380 perseveringc1380 perseverancec1384 continuancec1405 perseverationa1500 patience1517 constancea1533 importunity1533 persistence1546 persisting1576 going-on1578 persistency1600 constancy1623 stickle1652 rubbing shift1675 doggedness1824 stick-to-itiveness1859 persistiveness1864 holdfastness1869 continuativeness1881 stick-to-itness1881 society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > grace > [noun] > condition > continuance in perseverancea1555 society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > grace > [noun] > condition > continuance in > of those elected to eternal life perseverance of the saints1628 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 2 Macc. xiv. 38 Rasias..helde purpose of continence in Jewrie apaied for to bitake body and soule of perseueraunce or lastynge [L. pro perseverantia]. c1400 Bk. to Mother (Bodl.) 48 (MED) Crist himself..wol come into þi soule and liȝte hure, tellinge þe hou þou shalt bere him wiþ goode werkes and norsche him wiþ perseueraunce. c1438 Bk. Margery Kempe (1940) ii. 250 (MED) For alle þat arn in grace þis tyme God send hem perseuerawns in-to her lyuys ende & make me worthy to be partabyl of her preyerys. a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) xxxvi. 8 Loke that the ese of ill stire not the fra perseueraunce. a1555 J. Bradford in J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (1583) II. 1663 The perseuerance of Gods grace, with the knowledge of his good will, encrease with you vnto the ende. 1562 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. (new ed.) Table s.v. A confutation of the most wycked error, that Perseuerance is geuen of God according to the Merit of men. [Cf. J. Calvin Inst. ii. v. §3 Ipsa perseverantia donum Dei est; transl. by Norton, Contynaunce yt selfe ys the gyfte of God.] 1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer ii. 54 Nor helpes it those Who perseverance of the Saints oppose. 1699 Bp. G. Burnet Expos. 39 Articles (1700) xvii. 149 In the main points, the Absoluteness of the Decree, the Extent of Christ's Death, the Efficacy of Grace, and the Certainty of Perseverance, their opinions are the same. 1751 J. Wesley Wks. (1872) X. 291 The Apostle was at that time fully persuaded of his own perseverance. 1791 H. Harris Brief Acct. Life H. Harris 39 He did not hold the Perseverance of the Saints, and the doctrine of Election, &c. 1852 W. F. Hook Church Dict. (1871) 579 According to the Calvinistic system, the elect receive the grace of perseverance, so that when grace has once been received, they cannot finally fall away from it. a1861 W. Cunningham Hist. Theol. (1864) II. xxi. 89 The perseverance of the Saints..Romish divines usually call the inamissibility [sic] of justice or righteousness. 1910 Catholic Encycl. VII. 261/2 This licence is only granted when the priest can give a written assurance that the candidate [for reconciliation] is sufficiently instructed and..prepared, and that there is some reasonable guarantee of his perseverance. 1997 Renaissance Q. 50 786 On the question of the perseverance of the saints..there is among Stuart divines a wide and nuanced range of opinions on whether it is fail-safe or not. †3. Constancy, fidelity, esp. in love. Also personified. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > faithfulness or trustworthiness > fidelity or loyalty > [noun] truthOE trotha1225 trueness?c1225 fayc1300 hold13.. lewtyc1330 faithfulnessc1400 perseverance?a1439 adherence1449 familiarityc1450 fidelity1509 devotiona1530 adherency1579 reality1616 rightness1625 lealty1861 lealness1882 a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) i. 6690 In this world heer is no perseueraunce; Chaung is ay founde in men & women bothe. c1450 ( G. Chaucer Bk. Duchess 1007 She hadde the moste grace, To have stedefast perseveraunce [v.r. parseueraunce], And esy, atempre goveraunce, That ever I knew or wyste yit. a1500 (c1380) G. Chaucer Ballade on Womanly Noblesse 628 Whiles I live, myn herte to his maystresse You hath ful chose in trewe perseveraunce, Never to chaunge for no maner distresse. 1532 (a1475) Assembly of Ladies 91 in W. W. Skeat Chaucerian & Other Pieces (1897) 383 As I slep, me thought her com to me A gentilwoman..On her purfyl her word was..Bien et loyalment..She sayd she called was Perseveraunce. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1340
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