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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

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Etymology

Origin of coeternal

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

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"Nothing contrary to the Divine goodness and life and blessedness can be coeternal with them."

From Christian Mysticism by William Ralph Inge

The hypothesis of a pervading Spirit coeternal with the universe remains unshaken.”

From The Radicalism of Shelley and Its Sources by Daniel J. MacDonald

As the divine entity is eternal, the divine attributes are coexistent, coeternal.

From The Promulgation of Universal Peace by `Abdu'l-Bahá

Adj. perpetual, eternal; everduring†, everlasting, ever-living, ever-flowing; continual, sempiternal†; coeternal; endless, unending; ceaseless, incessant, uninterrupted, indesinent†, unceasing; endless, unending, interminable, having no end; unfading†, evergreen, amaranthine; neverending†, never-dying, never-fading; deathless, immortal, undying, imperishable.

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

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

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