longevity

Noun
US[lawn-jev-uh-tee]/lɔnˈdʒɛvəti/4 syllables
Synonyms: length of serviceseniority

Open English WordNet

Noun (2)

  1. duration of service“her longevity as a star”“had unusual longevity in the company”Synonyms: length of serviceType of longness
  2. the property of being long-livedSynonyms: seniorityType of oldness
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Lon·gev′i·ty noun

Origin: L. longaevitas. See Longevous.

Long duration of life; length of life.

The instances of longevity are chiefly amongst the abstemious.— John Arbuthnot

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

The Devil's Dictionary

LONGEVITY, n. Uncommon extension of the fear of death.
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