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† peˈrennity Obs.
[ad. L. perennitās, f. perennis perennial: see -ity. Cf. OF. per(h)ennité (Godef.) in Dict. Acad. 1878.]
The quality of being perennial; continuance for several years, or through a long or indefinite time; permanence, perpetuity.
1597J. King On Jonas (1618) 107 Cesternes that are broken and cannot holde, I say not water of life and perennity, but no water at all. 1641J. Trappe Theol. Theol. Contents i. §6 Of the perennity and perpetuity of the Scriptures. 1713Derham Phys.-Theol. ii. v. (1727) 51 note, The Perennity of divers Springs, which always afford the same Quantity of Water. |