01 n. The state or quality of being durable; the power of uninterrupted or long continuance in any condition; the power of resisting agents or in…
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The state or quality of being durable; the power of uninterrupted or long continuance in any condition; the power of resisting agents or influences which tend to cause changes, decay, or dissolution; lastingness.“A Gothic cathedral raises ideas of grandeur in our minds by the size, its height, . . . its antiquity, and its durability.” — Blair.