perpession

suffering; endurance

Noun

  1. suffering; endurance
    • The eternity of destruction in the language of scripture signifies a perpetual perpession and duration in misery. - 1659, John Pearson, Exposition of the Creed:

Origin

From Latin perpessio, from perpeti, perpessus (“to bear steadfastly”), from per- + pati (“to bear”).

Forms

perpessions