standfast, a. and n. rare.
(ˈstændfɑːst, -æ-)
[f. stand v. (see 9 b, 23) + fast adv. Cf. holdfast.]
A. adj. Stiff in opinion.
| 1716 M. Davies Athen. Brit. II. 369 Witness our own W. W. who sometimes seems very positive, and a standfast stickler for his Arianism even to Martyrdom. |
B. n. A fixed or stable position.
| 1846 Hawthorne Mosses II. ix. 162 It seems as if the whole world, both morally and physically, were detached from its old standfasts, and set in rapid motion. |