abidal

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noun

The act or condition of abiding; residence, stay.

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Meanings

nounabidal (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountableThe act or condition of abiding; residence, stay.

    So that within a little time after, this Earl of Sussex, L. Lieutenant, departed into England not fully contented with the country, nor they well pleased with his abidal, so that more friends he had by his departure then, he had in Ireland whiles he was with them.

    1871, John Sherren Brewer, editor, Calendar of the Carew Manuscripts, page 202
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