perpession
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin perpessio, from perpeti, perpessus (“to bear steadfastly”), from per- + pati (“to bear”).
Noun
[edit]perpession (plural perpessions)
- (obsolete) suffering; endurance
- 1659, John Pearson, Exposition of the Creed:
- The eternity of destruction in the language of scripture signifies a perpetual perpession and duration in misery.