abidance

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English

Etymology

From Middle English abiden, from Old English ābīdan (“wait”),[1] from ā + bīdan (“to bide, remain”)[2][3] + ance.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /əˈbaɪd.n̩s/, /əˈbaɪd.n̩ts/
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Noun

abidance (plural abidances)

  1. The act of abiding or continuing; abode; stay; continuance; dwelling. [5]
  2. Adherence; compliance; conformity. [5]
    • 1840, Thomas Fuller, The history of the holy war‎, page 262:
      No wonder then, though the Christians had no longer abidance in the holy hill of Palestine (though this I confess, is but the bark of the text), driving that trade wherewith none ever thrived, the breaking of promises; wherewith one may for a way fairly spread his train, but he will moult his feathers soon after.
    • 1862, Sir Arthur Helps, Organization in daily life: an essay‎, page 78:
      A judicious abidance by rules, and holding to the results of experience, are good; but not less so, are a judicious setting aside of rules, and a declining to be bound by incomplete experience.

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References

  1. ^ Christine A. Lindberg, editor (2002), “abidance”, in The Oxford College Dictionary, 2nd edition, New York, N.Y.: Spark Publishing, →ISBN, page 2.
  2. ^ William Morris, editor (1969 (1971 printing)), “abidance”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, New York, N.Y.: American Heritage Publishing Co., →OCLC, page 3.
  3. ^ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 , →ISBN), page 3
  4. ^ Elliott K. Dobbie, C. William Dunmore, Robert K. Barnhart, et al. (editors), Chambers Dictionary of Etymology (Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2004 , →ISBN), page 3
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abidance”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 4.
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