continuancyn.
/kənˈtɪnjuːənsi/ rare.† 1. = continuance n. 4. Obsolete.
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the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > lasting quality, permanence > [noun] > continuance, duration
arrestc1386
continuance1393
tenor1398
lasta1400
lastinga1400
abiding?a1425
demur1533
remanence1558
subsistence1600
continualness1611
incessancy?1615
continuancy1621
uncessantness1627
mansion1637
subsistency1642
remanency1647
unintermissiveness1651
indesinency1657
continuation1664
unintermission1681
incessantness1727
unceasingness1727
unintermittingness1866
1621 H. Ainsworth Annot. Five Bks. Moses, Bk. Psalmes & Song of Songs (1639) 20 It signifieth Gods might..with continuancie of the same against Egypt.
2. The quality or character of continuing or being continuous.
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the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > continuity or uninterruptedness > [noun]
continuance1586
continuedness1594
continuity1603
uninterruptedness1665
uninterruption1702
continence1726
continuousness1803
continuancy1850
1850 Pique (1875) 352 There was a resolute emphasis in her voice, a kind of determined continuancy in her narrative.
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