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Definition of Time immemorial
1. Noun. The distant past beyond memory.
Definition of Time immemorial
1. Noun. Time that extends beyond memory or record. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Time Immemorial
Literary usage of Time immemorial
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Book of Days: A Miscellany of Popular Antiquities in Connection with the by Robert Chambers (1832)
"... mummers from time immemorial, has been the representation of a species of
drama, which embodies the time-honoured legend of St George and the dragon, ..."
2. The Lancet (1842)
"Tbe other three classes he supposes to have existed from time immemorial, and to
be curable without the aid of mercury. But as I shall have frequently to ..."
3. The Judicial Dictionary, of Words and Phrases Judicially Interpreted: To by Frederick Stroud (1903)
"The synonym of this phrase is " time immemorial " : " the expression Time
Immemorial,' or 'Time whereof the ..."
4. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1886)
"... more attractive to cultivators, that it is difficult to keep the inhabitants
of the valley to the tract that they have occupied from time immemorial. ..."
5. John L. Stoddard's Lectures: Supplementary Volume[s]. by John Lawson Stoddard (1903)
"This last abode and burial-place of the Tyrolese missionary has been from time
immemorial identified INTERIOR OF THE CHURCH. with -the little Church of St. ..."
6. John L. Stoddard's Lectures: Illustrated and Embellished with Views of the by John Lawson Stoddard (1903)
"This last abode and burial-place of the Tyrolese missionary has been from time
immemorial identified ..."
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