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Definition of Coeternal
1. a. Equally eternal.
Definition of Coeternal
1. Adjective. jointly or equally eternal ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Coeternal
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coeternal
Literary usage of Coeternal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An exposition of the Creed by John Pearson, Edward Burton (1857)
"... which for the future is coeternal to his divinity. Lest we should imagine that
Christ should ever cease to be King, or so interpret this Article, ..."
2. The True Intellectual System of the Universe: Wherein All the Reason and by Ralph Cudworth, Thomas Birch (1837)
"... as light is from the sun ; and, consequently, though coeternal, have an
essential dependence on him, and gradual subordination to him. ..."
3. A Select Library of the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Churchby Augustine, John Chrysostom, Philip Schaff by Augustine, John Chrysostom, Philip Schaff (1888)
"How then, Brethren, can we find in the creature aught coeternal, ... Do thou find
an eternal father in the creature, and I will find a coeternal son. ..."
4. The Harleian Miscellany: Or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and by William Oldys, John Malham (1811)
"Nor coeternal, for this also plainly intimates, that they are distinct; for, How
coeternal ... Do \ve say, a thing is coeternal or contemporary with itself? ..."
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