Definition of Sempiternity

1. Noun. The property of being perpetual (seemingly ceaseless).

Exact synonyms: Perpetuity
Generic synonyms: Permanence, Permanency
Derivative terms: Perpetual, Perpetual

Definition of Sempiternity

1. n. Future duration without end; the relation or state of being sempiternal.

Definition of Sempiternity

1. Noun. (philosophy) existence within time but infinitely into the future; as opposed to eternity, understood as existing outside time ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sempiternity

1. [n -TIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sempiternity

semper fi
semperannual
sempergreen
semperidentical
semperjuvenescent
semperlenity
sempervirent
sempervirid
sempervive
sempervives
sempervivum
sempervivums
sempiternal
sempiternally
sempiternities
sempiternity (current term)
semple
sempler
semplest
semplice
sempre
sempster
sempsters
sempstress
sempstresses
sempstressy
semsem
semsemia
semsemias
semsems

Literary usage of Sempiternity

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Rome Or Reason: A Memoir of Christian and Extra-Christian Experience by Nathaniel Ramsay Waters (1888)
"... and proclaims for each human worm of the dust the astounding fate of sempiternity. Towards the close of his remarks in the Liberal Christian, ..."

2. Rome Or Reason: A Memoir of Christian and Extra-Christian Experience by Nathaniel Ramsay Waters (1888)
"... and proclaims for each human worm of the dust the astounding fate of sempiternity. Towards the close of his remarks in the Liberal Christian, ..."

3. Thesaurus of English words and phrases by Peter Mark Roget, Samuel Romilly Roget (1879)
"... hour after hour, permanently &c. adj. 112. [Endless duration.] Perpetuity.—w. perpetuity, eternity, ever- »s*,* ave, sempiternity, immortality, ..."

4. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"sempiternity, (sem-pe-ter'-ne-te) it.«, Future duration without end. SEMSTER, (sem'-ster) ns One who se* j. or uses a needle ; a sort of tailor. ..."

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