perennity
English edit
Etymology edit
perenn + -ity, from Latin perennitas.
Noun edit
perennity (usually uncountable, plural perennities)
- (archaic) The quality of being perennial.
- 1713, W[illiam] Derham, Physico-Theology: Or, A Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God, from His Works of Creation. […], London: […] W[illiam] Innys, […], →OCLC:
- the perennity of divers Springs, which always afford the same quantity of Water
- 1972, John Bowman, editor, Comparative Religion: The Charles Strong Trust Lectures 1961-1970[1]:
- But these phenomena remain a proof, albeit in reverse, of the perennity of the mystical quest.
References edit
- “perennity”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.