Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Calmness in the face of suffering and adversity; forbearance.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Long-suffering; patience; endurance.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Disposition to bear injuries patiently; forbearance; patience.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Patience ortolerance in the face ofadversity ;forbearance , long-suffering.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
Etymologies
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Examples
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So that there may be fitly said to be a longanimity, which is commonly also ascribed to God as a magnanimity.
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Again, expectation pertains to longanimity, which is a species of fortitude.
Nature and Grace: Selections from the Summa Theologica of Thomas Aquinas 1954
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So that there may be fitly said to be a longanimity, which is commonly also ascribed to God as a magnanimity.
The Advancement of Learning Francis Bacon 1593
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Obj. 3: Further, expectation belongs to longanimity which is a species of fortitude.
Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Aquinas Thomas
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Your conspicuous knowledge, longanimity, visceral wisdom and training submit made for a grapheme aggregation with lots of techniques which were leisurely to see and do.
Hii 2010
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"After several years, I was finally able to look back on Serge's horrible puns with longanimity."
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After a while, he said dully, We will pray to Our Lady of Presentation for her continued longanimity.
At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002
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After a while, he said dully, We will pray to Our Lady of Presentation for her continued longanimity.
At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002
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On the third point: the expectation attributed to hope by definition does not imply deferment, as does the expectation of longanimity.
Nature and Grace: Selections from the Summa Theologica of Thomas Aquinas 1954
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Reply Obj. 3: The expectation which is mentioned in the definition of hope does not imply delay, as does the expectation which belongs to longanimity.
Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Aquinas Thomas
mialuthien commented on the word longanimity
An alternative definition from BuzzWhack.com: longanimity is the disposition to endure injury with meek forbearance while maturing a plan of revenge.
July 14, 2008
sarra commented on the word longanimity
found at dict.leo.org as translation for 'Geduld' (patience)
March 24, 2010