longævity

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Noun

longævity (plural not attested)

  1. Archaic spelling of longevity.
    • 1828, Algernon Herbert, chapter I, in Nimrod: A Discourse on Certain Passages of History and Fable, volume I, London: Thomas Davison, page 27:
      I have not sifted out the question, but it is not the inclination of my belief, that, in the ages of great longævity, the father retained the burthen of his kingly and judicial functions, or that the heir was kept in expectation of a share in them, until his death.