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diuturnal
adjective as in durable
Example Sentences
Diuturnal, dī-ū-tur′nal, adj. lasting long.—n.
The diuturnal petticoat of snow which clothed the mountain was getting shorter and shorter as the diurnal sun crept farther and farther north on his summer ascension.
Adj. durable; lasting &c. v.; of long duration, of long-standing; permanent, endless, chronic, long-standing; intransient†, intransitive; intransmutable†, persistent; lifelong, livelong; longeval†, long-lived, macrobiotic, diuturnal†, evergreen, perennial; sempervirent†, sempervirid†; unrelenting, unintermitting†, unremitting; perpetual &c.
The donations must be mutual and simultaneous and the States would gain a much more stable and diuturnal liberty, founded not upon a simple declaration, but lawfully granted them as a compensation for a just and pious work performed.
The donations must be mutual and simultaneous and the States would gain a much more stable and diuturnal liberty, founded not upon a simple declaration, but lawfully granted them as a compensation for a just and pious work performed.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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