Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who dwells or continues; one who lives or resides.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete One who abides, or continues.
- noun One who dwells; a resident.
Etymologies
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Examples
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I been a good book abider, but, I believe I've been misled
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Resultant abider arhats get rid of all nine grades.
The Five Pathway Minds (Five Paths): Advanced Presentation 2006
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George Bush is not a uniter or a decider or an abider to the oath of office he took, by the way.
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If, as resultant abider shravaka or pratyekabuddha arhats, we were to develop unlabored bodhichitta and become bodhisattvas, then in order to achieve enlightenment:
The Five Pathway Minds (Five Paths): Basic Presentation 2006
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Resultant abider arhats get rid of all nine grades.
The Five Pathway Minds (Five Paths): Basic Presentation 2006
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Resultant abider non-returners are rid of all three grades.
The Five Pathway Minds (Five Paths): Advanced Presentation 2006
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Resultant abider non-returners are rid of all three grades.
The Five Pathway Minds (Five Paths): Basic Presentation 2006
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Progressing through the five pathway minds as Hinayana practitioners, we become either a resultant abider shravaka arhat or a resultant abider pratyekabuddha arhat, rid of the emotional obscurations.
The Five Pathway Minds (Five Paths): Advanced Presentation 2006
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Progressively developing the five pathway minds as Hinayana practitioners, we become either resultant abider shravaka arhats or resultant abider pratyekabuddha arhats, rid of the emotional obscurations.
The Five Pathway Minds (Five Paths): Basic Presentation 2006
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Shehen the civilized, the pacific, the bookish, the lover, the citizen, the law-abider, was in part his product.
Shehens` Houn` Dogs 1907
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