standfast

[stand-fast, -fahst]

noun

1. a rigid or unyielding position.

Word History and Origins

Origin of standfast¹

First recorded in 1710–20; noun use of verb phrase stand fast

Example Sentences

The company is still in the early stages of assessing the damage to machinery, stock and other business assets at the Standfast & Barracks site.

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Det Con Andy Standfast, who investigated the case, said afterwards: "From the outset this was a difficult and highly emotive case and praise has to be given to those who came forward to speak out against Stanley Sandison. "This man took advantage of his victims from an early age and in the most appalling way.

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The name and sweet character of Faithful might be a personal reminiscence, good Father Honest a quondam host on one of his preaching expeditions, and Standfast, “that right good pilgrim,” an old Pædo-Baptist of his acquaintance.

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Shortly before she died, she quoted to me the words of Mr. Standfast: “I have loved to hear my Lord spoken of; and wheresoever I have seen the print of His shoe in the earth, there I have coveted to set my foot too,” and He was faithful to her to the end.

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I have seen some few dying in the full assurance of hope, and like Bunyan's "Standfast," giving glorious testimony to Christ's faithfulness, even in the river.

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