perishablenesses

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perishablenesses

  1. plural of perishableness
    • 1903, Marcus Dods, Robert Alexander Watson, Frederic William Farrar, An Exposition of the Bible: A Series of Expositions Covering All the Books ..., page 108:
      … and perishablenesses of the outer world, hope will not chase a shadow, nor effort toil for very vanity. The psalmist sought to calm his hot heart by the …