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Eternal   /ɪtˈərnəl/  /itˈərnəl/   Listen
adjective
Eternal  adj.  
1.
Without beginning or end of existence; always existing. "The eternal God is thy refuge." "To know wether there were any real being, whose duration has been eternal."
2.
Without end of existence or duration; everlasting; endless; immortal. "That they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory."
3.
Continued without intermission; perpetual; ceaseless; constant. "And fires eternal in thy temple shine."
4.
Existing at all times without change; immutable. "Hobbes believed the eternal truths which he opposed." "What are the eternal objects of poetry among all nations, and at all times?"
5.
Exceedingly great or bad; used as a strong intensive. "Some eternal villain."
The Eternal City, an appellation of Rome.
Synonyms: Everlasting; endless; infinite; ceaseless; perpetual; interminable. See Everlasting.


noun
Eternal  n.  
1.
One of the appellations of God. "Law whereby the Eternal himself doth work."
2.
That which is endless and immortal.





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"Eternal" Quotes from Famous Books



... that our politics has produced, discredited itself by nominating William H. Crawford (1824), a machine politician, whom the public never believed to be of presidential caliber. In the bitter fight that placed John Quincy Adams in the White House and made Jackson the eternal enemy of Clay, the congressional caucus met its doom. For several years, presidential candidates were nominated by various informal methods. In 1828 a number of state legislatures formally nominated Jackson. In several States the party members of the legislatures ...
— The Boss and the Machine • Samuel P. Orth
... ne'er from the door, but He heals and helps and consoles them. Yet is it good to pray when all things are prosperous with us; Pray in fortunate days, for life's most beautiful fortune Kneels before the Eternal's gate, and with hands inter-folded, Praises, thankful and moved, the ...
— The Life Radiant • Lilian Whiting
... face grew sad. He had dreamed of John Massey's response, a dream built on sand, as perhaps he should have known. But hope eternal sprang in his heart, and the belief that every man wished the ...
— Suzanna Stirs the Fire • Emily Calvin Blake
... first glance the noble, simple conception of his own duties and position, which was implied in the honest gentleman's words. "Your second son might be either a fool or a knave, or even, although neither, might be quite unfit to be intrusted with the eternal interests of his fellow-creatures. In my opinion, the duty of choosing a clergyman is one not to be exercised without the gravest deliberation. A conscientious man would make his selection dependent, at least, upon the character of his second son—if ...
— The Perpetual Curate • Mrs [Margaret] Oliphant
... and which the rest can well afford to look upon as a counsel of perfection. This exhortation to trust in God at all times concerns first of all the nature of faith and not the measure of it. All real faith has the note of the eternal in it. It can meet the present because it is not of the present. We have grown familiar with the phrase, 'The man of the moment.' But who is this man? Sometimes he is very literally a man of the moment—an opportunist, a gambler with the hours, a follower ...
— The Threshold Grace • Percy C. Ainsworth


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