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longsufferingnoun
Long, patient endurance of insult, abuse or mistreatment; longanimity
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Longsufferingadjective
Patient; not easily provoked.
Etymology: long and suffering.
The Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness. Exod. xxxiv. 6.
Longsufferingnoun
Patience of offence; clemency.
We infer from the mercy and longsuffering of God, that they were themselves sufficiently secure of his favour. John Rogers.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of longsuffering in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of longsuffering in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of longsuffering in a Sentence
The mission before us as ambassadors is to assure peace among, as it were, the diplomatic corps of fellow ambassadors. Thus we are to walk in lowliness (humility) and meekness, which foster longsuffering and enable us to forbear one another in love.
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