survivance

noun4

1. •
   Survival as a Native American or First Nations person practicing indigenous culture and resisting white European-American hegemony.

   • One cannot appreciate and experience the power of Native survivance if the stories and memories of our histories are not placed within the context of struggle. — 2011
2. •
   (Canada) The survival of Francophone culture in the face of Anglo-American hegemony.
3. •
   Succession to an estate, office etc. of someone who survives the previous holder, as nominated by them; survivorship.

   • His son had the survivance of the stadtholdership. — 1716
4. •
   (no longer used) Survival.

   • And what is the space of time to look backward upon, between an early departure and the longest survivance? — 1748