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Definition of Stedfast
1. staunch [adj] - See also: staunch
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stedfast
Literary usage of Stedfast
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Exposition of the Epistle to the Hebrews: With the Preliminary Exercitations by John Owen, Edward Williams (1812)
"... we hold the beginning o/ our confidence stedfast unto the end. Our subsistence
in Christ maintained to the end, is matter of great ..."
2. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1869)
"In the picture of our century, as taken from the life by History, this very man
should have been a central figure; but now, owing to his want of stedfast- ..."
3. Reliques of Ancient English Poetry: Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs by Thomas Percy, Henry Benjamin Wheatley (1877)
"THE stedfast SHEPHERD. j HESE beautiful stanzas were written by George Wither,
of whom some account was given in the former part of this volume; ..."
4. The Friends' Library: Comprising Journals, Doctrinal Treatises, & Other by William Evans, Thomas Evans, Edith R. Hall (1847)
"May He who is able to keep thee from falling, preserve thee stedfast to the end,
and give thee an inheritance with them that are sanctified : so wisheth, ..."
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