Patience Definition
pāshəns
noun
The state, quality, or fact of being patient.
Webster's New World
Webster's New World
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pronoun
A female given name.
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Origin of Patience
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Middle English pacience, from Old French pacience (modern: patience), from Latin patientia. Displaced native Middle English thuld, thuild (“patience") (from Old English þyld (“patience")), Middle English thole (“patience") (from Old Norse þol (“patience, endurance")), Middle English bilÇ£fing, bileaving (“patience, perseverance, remaining") (from Old English belÇ£fan (“to endure, survive")).
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From patience, a virtue name first used by Puritans in the sixteenth century.
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