See also STAID a. [f. STAY v.2 + -ED1.] In senses of the verb. Hence Stayedness.
1845. J. J. Gurney, in Mem. (1854), II. 455. The soul is stayed on him, and finds a sure shelter. Somewhat of this blessed stayedness, this sweet shelter, has, I hope, been experienced.
1860. Pusey, Min. Proph., 416. Since this stayedness of faith is in everything the source of the life of the righteous.
