patience

  • 41patience — noun 1) she tried everyone s patience Syn: forbearance, tolerance, restraint, equanimity, understanding, indulgence 2) a task requiring patience Syn: perseverance, persistence, endurance, tenacity …

    Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

  • 42patience — /ˈpeɪʃəns / (say payshuhns) noun 1. calm and uncomplaining endurance, as under pain, provocation, etc. 2. calmness in waiting: have patience a little longer. 3. quiet perseverance: to labour with patience. 4. a card game, usually played by one… …

  • 43patience — Monk Monk, n. [AS. munuc, munec, munc, L. monachus, Gr. ?, fr. mo nos alone. Cf. {Monachism}.] 1. A man who retires from the ordinary temporal concerns of the world, and devotes himself to religion; one of a religious community of men inhabiting… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 44PATIENCE — s. f. Genre de plantes dont l espèce commune, appelée aussi Parelle, croît dans les terres incultes, et a des feuilles semblables à celles de l oseille, mais plus longues. Racine de patience …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 45patience — Synonyms and related words: acceptance, application, assiduity, assiduousness, ataraxia, ataraxy, benevolence, bovinity, bulldog tenacity, calmness, charitableness, charity, clemency, clementness, compassion, composure, concentration, condonation …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 46Patience — Pa·ti·ence [pa si̯ãːs] die; , n; ein Kartenspiel, das man meist allein spielt, und bei dem man die Karten in einer bestimmten Weise ordnen muss <eine Patience legen, machen> …

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  • 47Patience — Pa|ti|ence [pa si̯ã:s] die; , n [...sn̩] <aus gleichbed. fr. patience, eigtl. »Geduld«, dies aus lat. patientia zu pati, vgl. ↑Patient>: 1. Kartenspiel, bei dem die Karten so gelegt werden, dass Sequenzen in einer bestimmten Reihenfolge… …

    Das große Fremdwörterbuch

  • 48patience n — Old doctors never die, they just lose their patience. practice v …

    English expressions

  • 49patience —    This word (from the Latin patientia, meaning patience or endurance ) refers to the fruit of the Holy Spirit that enables a person to endure life s difficulties without complaint in anticipation of eternal glory. (See CCC 736) …

    Glossary of theological terms

  • 50patience —   Ahonui, ōpū ahonui, ho omanawanui.    ♦ To try one s patience, ho omanawanui, none …

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