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ˈpermanency
[f. as prec. + -ency.]
1. The quality of being permanent; enduring nature or character; abidingness, lastingness.
1555Eden Decades 338 There are..but fewe which hold not sum smaul portion therof [gold], more or lesse according to the mixtion and permanencie of theyr substances. 1682Norris Hierocles 87 The solidity and permanency of vertue. 1746Hervey Medit., Refl. Fl.-Gard. (1767) I. 127 They want nothing but Solidity and Permanency; to equal them with the finest Treasures of the Jeweller's Casket. 1865Reader 7 Oct. 392/3 Recording their beauty..in all the permanency of print. Mod. The position has no permanency; it may come to an end at any time.
2. A (concrete) example of something permanent; a permanent person, thing, position, etc.
1841–4Emerson Ess., Politics Wks. (Bohn) I. 242 A mob cannot be a permanency. 1853Kane Grinnell Exp. xix. (1856) 149 A seeming permanency compared with the ephemeral ruins that beat against its side. 1884Truth 13 Mar. 379/1, I only wish he might be considered a permanency. Mod. Only a temporary engagement, not a permanency. |