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Definition of Sempiternity
1. Noun. The property of being perpetual (seemingly ceaseless).
Generic synonyms: Permanence, Permanency
Derivative terms: Perpetual, Perpetual
Definition of Sempiternity
1. n. Future duration without end; the relation or state of being sempiternal.
Definition of Sempiternity
1. Noun. (philosophy) existence within time but infinitely into the future; as opposed to eternity, understood as existing outside time ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sempiternity
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Sempiternity
Literary usage of Sempiternity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Rome Or Reason: A Memoir of Christian and Extra-Christian Experience by Nathaniel Ramsay Waters (1888)
"... and proclaims for each human worm of the dust the astounding fate of sempiternity.
Towards the close of his remarks in the Liberal Christian, ..."
2. Rome Or Reason: A Memoir of Christian and Extra-Christian Experience by Nathaniel Ramsay Waters (1888)
"... and proclaims for each human worm of the dust the astounding fate of sempiternity.
Towards the close of his remarks in the Liberal Christian, ..."
3. Thesaurus of English words and phrases by Peter Mark Roget, Samuel Romilly Roget (1879)
"... hour after hour, permanently &c. adj. 112. [Endless duration.] Perpetuity.—w.
perpetuity, eternity, ever- »s*,* ave, sempiternity, immortality, ..."
4. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"sempiternity, (sem-pe-ter'-ne-te) it.«, Future duration without end.
SEMSTER, (sem'-ster) ns One who se* j. or uses a needle ; a sort of tailor. ..."
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