PER'MANENCE PER'MANENCY, noun [See Permanent.] Continuance in the same state, or without a change that destroys the form or nature of a thing; duration; fixedness; as the permanence of a government or state; the permanence of institutions or of a system of principles. 1. Continuance in the same place or at rest.
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