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perpetuance|pəˈpɛtjuːəns|
[a. OF. perpétuance (13th c. in Godef.), f. perpétuer to perpetuate, pr. pple. perpétuant: see -ance.]
The action of perpetuating; the fact or condition of being perpetuated; perpetuation.
1558Cavendish Poems, etc. (1825) II. 154 Nothyng hathe here perpetuance. 1573New Custom ii. i. in Hazl. Dodsley III. 25 If trust to the gospel do purchase perpetuance Of life unto him. 1870E. Mulford Nation xvii. 341 To serve its end in the perpetuance of slavery. 1877M. Arnold Last Ess. on Ch. Pref. 6 The transformation of religion which is essential for its perpetuance. |