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coeternal

American  
[koh-i-tur-nl] / ˌkoʊ ɪˈtɜr nl /

adjective

  1. existing with another eternally.


coeternal British  
/ ˌkəʊɪˈtɜːnəl /

adjective

  1. existing together eternally

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of coeternal

1400–50; late Middle English. See co-, eternal

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Adj. synchronous, synchronal†, synchronic, synchronical, synchronistical†; simultaneous, coexisting, coincident, concomitant, concurrent; coeval, coevous†; contemporary, contemporaneous; coetaneous†; coeternal; isochronous.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget

The truth of Vondel's poetic conception is seen in the fact that its essential elements are coeval with man and coeternal with the universe.

From Vondel's Lucifer by Joost van den Vondel

And in this Trinity there is none before or after, none greater or less, but all three Persons are coeternal and coequal.

From Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors by James Freeman Clarke

Christ, speaking of himself as the coeternal Son, says, ‘My Father is greater than I.’

From Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors by James Freeman Clarke

The whole three Persons are coeternal  together; and coequal.

From Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres by Henry Adams

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