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sempiternal

[ sem-pi-tur-nl ]

adjective

, Literary.
  1. everlasting; eternal.


sempiternal

/ ˌsɛmpɪˈtɜːnɪtɪ; ˌsɛmpɪˈtɜːnəl /

adjective

  1. literary.
    everlasting; eternal
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Derived Forms

  • sempiternity, noun
  • ˌsempiˈternally, adverb
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Other Words From

  • sempi·ternal·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sempiternal1

1400–50; late Middle English < Late Latin sempiternālis, equivalent to Latin sempitern ( us ) everlasting semp ( er ) always + -i- -i- + -ternus suffix of temporal adjectives; eterne ) + -ālis -al 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sempiternal1

C15: from Old French sempiternel, from Late Latin sempiternālis, from Latin sempiternus, from semper always + aeternus eternal
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Example Sentences

The sempiternal effluence streams abroad Spreading, wherever charity extends.

For a moment that seemed sempiternal a kind of horrible silence reigned over the room.

Sempiternal, sem-pi-tėr′nal, adj. everlasting: endless—also Semp′itern.

Her answer was that the rape was committed in the dortour, where she durst not cry because it was a place of sempiternal silence.

Wherefore he is neither now or then, but sempiternal and for ever.

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