Thou shalt eat bread at my table continually.
2 Sam. ix. 7.
Con*tin"u*ance (?), n. [OF. continuance.] 1. A holding on, or remaining in a particular state; permanence, as of condition, habits, abode, etc.; perseverance; constancy; duration; stay.
Great plagues, and of long continuance.
Deut. xxviii. 59.
Patient continuance in well-doing.
Rom. ii. 7.
2. Uninterrupted succession; continuation; constant renewal; perpetuation; propagation.
The brute immediately regards his own preservation or the continuance of his species.
Addison.