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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

STEADFASTNESS, STEDFASTNESS

n. 1. Firmness of standing; fixedness in place.
2. Firmness of mind or purpose; fixedness in principle; constancy; resolution; as the stedfastness of faith. He adhered to his opinions with steadfastness.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

STEADFASTNESS

STEADFASTNESS Stead "fast *ness, n.

 

Defn: The quality or state of being steadfast; firmness; fixedness; constancy. "The steadfastness of your faith. " Col. ii. 5. To prove her wifehood and her steadfastness. Chaucer.