eternal

eternal
eternal [ē tʉr′nəl, itʉr′nəl]
adj.
[ME < OFr < LL aeternalis < L aeturnus < aevum, an age < IE base * aiw-, * āju-, a life, vital force > AYE1]
1. without beginning or end; existing through all time; everlasting
2. of eternity
3. forever the same; always true or valid; unchanging [the eternal verities]
4. always going on; never stopping; perpetual [eternal rest]
5. seeming never to stop; happening very often [her eternal complaints]
6. Philos. Theol. outside or beyond time or time relationships; timeless
SYN.- CONTINUAL
——————
the Eternal
name for
God
eternally
adv.
eternalness
n.

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