Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who dwells or continues; one who lives or resides.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete One who abides, or continues.
- noun One who dwells; a resident.
Etymologies
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Examples
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I been a good book abider, but, I believe I've been misled
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Resultant abider arhats get rid of all nine grades.
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George Bush is not a uniter or a decider or an abider to the oath of office he took, by the way.
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If, as resultant abider shravaka or pratyekabuddha arhats, we were to develop unlabored bodhichitta and become bodhisattvas, then in order to achieve enlightenment:
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Resultant abider arhats get rid of all nine grades.
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Resultant abider non-returners are rid of all three grades.
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Resultant abider non-returners are rid of all three grades.
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Progressing through the five pathway minds as Hinayana practitioners, we become either a resultant abider shravaka arhat or a resultant abider pratyekabuddha arhat, rid of the emotional obscurations.
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Progressively developing the five pathway minds as Hinayana practitioners, we become either resultant abider shravaka arhats or resultant abider pratyekabuddha arhats, rid of the emotional obscurations.
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Shehen the civilized, the pacific, the bookish, the lover, the citizen, the law-abider, was in part his product.
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