- sempiternity
- noun Date: 1599 eternity
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Sempiternity — Sem pi*ter ni*ty, n. [L. sempiternitas.] Future duration without end; the relation or state of being sempiternal. Sir M. Hale. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sempiternity — See sempiternal. * * * … Universalium
sempiternity — noun existence within time but infinitely into the future; as opposed to eternity, understood as existing outside time … Wiktionary
sempiternity — See eternity … Philosophy dictionary
sempiternity — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The totality of time without beginning or end: eternality, eternalness, eternity, infinity, perpetuity. See LIMITED … English dictionary for students
sempiternity — n. state of enduring forever … English contemporary dictionary
sempiternity — sem·pi·ter·ni·ty … English syllables
sempiternity — noun the property of being perpetual (seemingly ceaseless) • Syn: ↑perpetuity • Derivationally related forms: ↑perpetual (for: ↑perpetuity) • Hypernyms: ↑permanence, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Eternity — For other uses, see Eternity (disambiguation). Eternity personified, holding the ourobouros. Caryatid in the apse of … Wikipedia
eternity — The totality of time, conceived of as having no beginning and no end. The central philosophical dispute is whether eternity should be contrasted with time, not to be thought of as an especially long quantity of time, but as instead involving a… … Philosophy dictionary
