Patience
f.
Latin patientia 'endurance of pain, tolerance, forebearing'.
This virtue name arose in England in the 16th C, and was not used elsewhere.
- England
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- English
- ● 1595 Patience DEmar-vol2 p. 33
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Patience". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2015, no. 2. http://dmnes.org/2015/2/name/Patience.