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PERDURANCE
The preservation of a created being in its nature and existence by the continued exercise of God's sustaining power. (Etym. Latin per, through + durare, to last.)
All items in this dictionary are from Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.
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