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名詞

perennity (usually uncountable, 複数形 perennities)

1. (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.

参照

• perennity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913