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constance | constancy |

As a proper noun Constance

is {{given name|female|from=Latin|}}.

As a noun constancy is

the quality of being constant; steadiness or faithfulness in action, affections, purpose, etc.

constance

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • .
  • * 1951' translation by Nevill Coghill of: '''1380s - 1390s Geoffrey Chaucer: ''Canterbury Tales: The Man of the Law's Tale :
    • And forth she sailed the ocean salt and rude. / O Constance , full of sweet solicitude, / O Emperor's daughter of a mighty realm, / He that is Lord of Fortune guide thy helm!
  • * , Scene IV:
    • My name is Constance ; I was Geffrey's wife; / Young Arthur is my son, and he is lost: / I am not mad:—I would to heaven I were!

    Related terms

    * pet form: Connie * male given name: Constantine

    constancy

    English

    Noun

    (constancies)
  • (uncountable) The quality of being constant; steadiness or faithfulness in action, affections, purpose, etc.
  • * 1871 , , Descent of Man , ch. 7 "On the Races of Man,"
    • Constancy of character is what is chiefly valued and sought for by naturalists.
  • (countable) An unchanging quality or characteristic of a person or thing.
  • * 1602 , , All's Well That Ends Well , act 1, sc. 2,
    • younger spirits . . .
    whose constancies
    Expire before their fashions.

    Related terms

    * constant * constantly

    References

    * * * * Oxford English Dictionary , 2nd ed., 1989. * Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary , 1987-1996.