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Webster 1913 Edition


Steadfastness

Stead′fast-ness

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Noun.
The quality or state of being steadfast; firmness; fixedness; constancy.
“The steadfastness of your faith.”
Col. ii. 5.
To prove her wifehood and her
steadfastness
.
Chaucer.

Webster 1828 Edition


Steadfastness

STEADFASTNESS

, STEDFASTNESS, n.
1.
Firmness of standing; fixedness in place.
2.
Firmness of mind or purpose; fixedness in principle; constancy; resolution; as the stedfastness of faith. He adhered to his opinions with steadfastness.