Steadfastness

noun

noun ·3 syllables ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Loyalty in the face of trouble and difficulty. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    steadfast resolution wordnet
  3. 3
    A steadfast resolution. countable, uncountable

    "[H]e [Paul] laboureth to comfort Timothy vvith the remembrance of the ſtedfaſtneſs of Gods eternal decree of Election, becauſe grounded on his foreknowledge; […]"

  4. 4
    loyalty in the face of trouble and difficulty wordnet

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accordanceadherenceageallegianceantiquityaplomb

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"[H]e [Paul] laboureth to comfort Timothy vvith the remembrance of the ſtedfaſtneſs of Gods eternal decree of Election, becauſe grounded on his foreknowledge; […]"

Etymology

From Middle English stedfastnesse, stedefastnesse, from Old English stedefæstnes (“steadfastness”), equivalent to steadfast + -ness.

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