- (n.) Continued or repeated manifestation; occurrence, as of events of any kind; as, the existence of a calamity or of a state of war.
- (n.) The state of existing or being; actual possession of being; continuance in being; as, the existence of body and of soul in union; the separate existence of the soul; immortal existence.
- (n.) That which exists; a being; a creature; an entity; as, living existences.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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