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Definition of Eternal life
1. Noun. Life without beginning or end.
Definition of Eternal life
1. Noun. immortality ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Eternal Life
Literary usage of Eternal life
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Leviathan: Or, The Matter, Form, and Power of a Commonwealth Ecclesiastical by Thomas Hobbes (1885)
"Of the Signification in Scripture of eternal life, Hell, Salvation, the World to
Come, and Redemption. THE maintenance of civil society depending on justice ..."
2. The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury by Thomas Hobbes (1839)
"Now seeing eternal life is a greater reward than the life present; and eternal
torment a greater punishment than the death of nature ; it is a thing worthy ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"It is worth while noting here that in a strict construction of the term we cannot
properly hope for eternal life for someone other than ourselves. ..."
4. The Confessions of St. Augustine by Augustine (1909)
"CHAPTER XLIX Of the desire after eternal life, and how great blessings are promised
to those who strive " MY Son, when thou feelest the desire of eternal ..."
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