Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Survivorship.
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- noun rare Survivorship.
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- noun
survivorship
Etymologies
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Examples
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Les Terre-Neuviens avaient un esprit de survie, de survivance opiniâtre.
The revenge of the Newfies? Ed Hollett 2007
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And what is the space of time to look backward upon, between an early departure and the longest survivance! — and what the consolation attending the sweet hope of meeting again, never more to be separated, never more to be pained, grieved, or aspersed; — but mutually blessing, and being blessed, to all eternity!
Clarissa Harlowe 2006
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Her Grace was in this house last summer with me, and alone, but how could I foresee the event which has since happened? and a survivance at my age could not be thought an object.
George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life Helen [Editor] Clergue
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Her Grace was in this house last summer with me, and alone, but how could I foresee the event which has since happened? and a survivance at my age could not be thought an object.
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N.W. Thomas, "La survivance du culte totémique des animaux et les rites agraires dans le pays de Galles" (in _Revue de l'histoire des religions_, vol. xxxviii).
Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV Crawford Howell Toy 1877
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[165] For details on this point see L. Marillier, _L. survivance de l'âme_.
Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV Crawford Howell Toy 1877
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La survivance du culte totémique ... dans le pays de
Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV Crawford Howell Toy 1877
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Scarcely had he arrived at home, and gladdened his anxious family by his presence, soothing and laughing off their fears, when a delegation of citizens knocked at his door -- who, after congratulating him on his return, and pleasantly noting the popular survivance of a glorious humbug, earnestly invited him to return into the city and address the people,
The Rev. J. W. Loguen, as a Slave and as a Freeman. A Narrative of Real Life. Jermain Wesley 1859
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We have still a faint living image of this simple plan in the _boxes_ belonging to certain trades in our Scottish towns, or rather the survivance of the phrase, for the money, we must presume, is now everywhere relegated to the keeping of the banks.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 442 Volume 17, New Series, June 19, 1852 Various 1841
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I preserved this mutilated object with uncommon care, watching it almost incessantly day and night: expecting another exuviation which might be attended with interesting consequences, I felt much anxiety for its survivance.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 433 Volume 17, New Series, April 17, 1852 Various 1841
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In the late 20th century, Anishinaabe writer and scholar Gerald Vizenor coined the term “survivance” to describe American indigenous cultures today.
Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age Annalee Newitz 2023
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Though the term is intended to be ambiguous, he sums up part of its meaning in his book Manifest Manners: “Survivance is an active sense of presence, the continuance of native stories, not a mere reaction, or a survivable name. Native survivance stories are renunciations of dominance, tragedy, and victimry.”
Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age Annalee Newitz 2023
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