Constant

Constant
Recorded in the spellings of Constance, Constant, and even Custance, this is a surname is of ultimately Roman origins. It derives from the ancient pre-Christian word 'constantia', meaning constant, which became the female baptismal name 'Constance', although in its original form in England it was spelt 'Custance'. It is also found as the male given name 'Constantine', and the surname can also derive from this source. The name is rarely if ever recorded in England before the Norman Conquest of 1066, which suggests that either it was a Norman introduction, or more likely was associated with the returning Crusaders after their abortive efforts to free the Holy Land from the infidel. Crusader names were often given to the sons of the warriors in commemoration of the fathers deeds of heroism, as well as being associated with saints, popes, and other worthies. Early examples of the surname recordings include Hugo filius Constanti, (Hugo, the son of Constans), in the Domesday Book of 1086, although this recording was not strictly a surname, and it was certainly not hereditary, but Robert Robert Constant in pipe rolls of Lincoln for 1196, and Robert Custance in the pipe rolls of Cambridge in 1207, may well have been both, as was John Constance, also of Cambridge in the year 1279. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of William de Constanc, which was dated 1173, in the register of the abbey of Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, during the reign of King Henry 11nd of England', 1154 - 1189. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

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  • CONSTANT — CONSTANT ANTON NIEUWENHUYS (1920 ) Peintre et sculpteur néerlandais. C’est à Constant que revient historiquement l’initiative de la fondation à Amsterdam, en 1948, du premier noyau d’artistes «expérimentaux». Il rédige et publie un manifeste où… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • constant — constant, ante (kon stan, stan t ) adj. 1°   Qui a de la constance. Constant en amitié. •   Dans leur juste haine animés et constants, CORN. Héracl. V, 6. •   Le peuple romain a été le plus constant dans ses maximes, BOSSUET Hist. III, 6. •   Ah… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • Constant — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Constant (Maler) (eigtl. Constant Anton Nieuwenhuys; 1920–2005), niederländischer Maler und Bildhauer Alexandre Constant (1829–1901), Zoologe Benjamin Constant (eigtl. Henri Benjamin Constant de Rebecque;… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • CONSTANT (B.) — Appartenant par sa formation à l’époque des Lumières, par sa carrière au XIXe siècle, Benjamin Constant est l’un des représentants les plus illustres et les plus controversés de cette période charnière. Témoin privilégié des bouleversements… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Constant — or The Constant may refer to: Contents 1 In Mathematics 2 Other concepts 3 People 4 Organization 5 …   Wikipedia

  • constant — CONSTANT, ANTE. adj. Qui a de la constance, de la fermeté dans le malheur, dans les douleurs. Il a montré une âme constante dans les plus grands maux. Constant dans les tourmens. Corstant dans son mal. Il est ferme et constant dans l adversité.… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

  • Constant — Con stant, n. 1. That which is not subject to change; that which is invariable. [1913 Webster] 2. (Math.) A quantity that does not change its value; used in countradistinction to {variable}. [1913 Webster] 3. (Astron.) A number whose value, when… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Constant — Con stant (k[o^]n stant), a. [L. onstans, antis, p. pr. of constare to stand firm, to be consistent; con + stare to stand: cf. F. constant. See {Stand} and cf. {Cost}, v. t.] 1. Firm; solid; fixed; immovable; opposed to {fluid}. [Obs.] [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • constant — ≠ fluctuant, inconstant, instabil, neconstant, oscilant, schimbător, variabil, variat, muabil, nestatornic Trimis de siveco, 03.08.2004. Sursa: Antonime  CONSTANTA LUI PLÁNCK s. (fiz.) cuantă de acţiune. Trimis de siveco, 05.08.2004. Sursa:… …   Dicționar Român

  • CONSTANT (M.) — CONSTANT MARIUS (1925 ) Après des études musicales, suivies à Bucarest où il est né (d’un père français et d’une mère roumaine), et une formation d’abord influencée par le romantisme allemand, Marius Constant reçoit à Paris, où il se fixe en 1945 …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • constant — Constant, Constans, Stabilis. Estre constant, Substare, Obtinere firmitudinem animi. Gendre constant et arresté, Firmus gener. Un homme constant pardonne bien aucunefois, Locus ignoscendi est etiam apud hominem constantem. Qui n est point… …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

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