transience
[ tran-shuhns, -zhuhns, -zee-uhns ]
noun
transient state or quality.
Origin of transience
1First recorded in 1735–45; transi(ent) + -ence
- Sometimes tran·sien·cy .
Other words from transience
- non·tran·sience, noun
- non·tran·sien·cy, noun
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How to use transience in a sentence
If a living Person is behind the transiencies of human life, these are still pathetic and awe-kindling, but not bewildering.
The Expositor's Bible: The Psalms, Volume III | Alexander MaclarenIf so, they have almost all dissolved—melted away from our memory—as the transiencies in nature do which they coldly pictured.
Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 | John Wilson
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