2. Adverb. (philosophy) in an everlasting manner, as to have an infinite temporal duration; as opposed to eternally or timelessly, as to exist outside time ¹
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Definition of Sempiternally
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sempiternally
Literary usage of Sempiternally
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1883)
"... Of gondola-lounging at Venice, I think of long days at lawn-tennis, And skies
sempiternally blue ! I muse o'er the pleasures of playtime, Of laziness, ..."
2. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1913)
"The dead Past is indeed conceived by us as sempiternally living on in the Present,
as making the Present what it is, with iron and inexorable necessity. ..."
3. Collections by Massachusetts Historical Society (1871)
"... both I and myne are sempiternally ingaged, allso I humble thank you for the
mayde. I haue good hopes of her. My cosen Nab and she wear fellow ..."
4. Roughing it in the Bush, Or, Life in Canada by Susanna Moodie (1852)
"plexion he had none, except that sempiternally enduring red-and-tawny mixture
which is acquired by exposure and hard drinking. His cheeks and the corners of ..."
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