perennity

English

Etymology

perenn +‎ -ity, from Latin perennitas.

Noun

perennity (usually uncountable, plural 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:
      But these phenomena remain a proof, albeit in reverse, of the perennity of the mystical quest.

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