Meaning of abidance | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The act of abiding or continuing; abode; stay; continuance; dwelling.
2. Adherence; compliance; conformity.

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“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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