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Definition of Abiding
1. Adjective. Unceasing. "Imperishable truths"
Definition of Abiding
1. a. Continuing; lasting.
Definition of Abiding
1. Adjective. Continuing or persisting in the same state; lasting; enduring. ¹
2. Verb. (present participle of abide) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Abiding
1. abide [v] - See also: abide
Lexicographical Neighbors of Abiding
Literary usage of Abiding
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lectures on the Ethics of T.H. Green, Mr. Herbert Spencer, and J. Martineau by Henry Sidgwick (1902)
"As Good for Green is convertible with Self- satisfaction, it is a distinctive
characteristic of the true good that it gives true or abiding ..."
2. The German Element in the United States by Albert Bernhardt Faust (1909)
"l In regard to the people of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, who have even longer
upheld a reputation for being orderly and law-abiding, the writer picked ..."
3. Ante-Nicene Christian Library: Translations of the Writings of the Fathers by James Donaldson, Alexander Roberts, Novatianus, Allan Menzies (1868)
"Cyprian to the presbyters and deacons abiding at Rome, his brethren, greeting.
Both our common love and the reason of the thing demand, beloved brethren, ..."
4. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"Law-abiding. Obedient to the law. 1839 Being a law-loving and ... 1848 This most
polite and law-abiding mob backed out, and nullified its own resolution. ..."
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