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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

Other Word Forms

  • coeternally adverb
  • coeternity noun

Etymology

Origin of coeternal

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

Example Sentences

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He hath a Son, coeternal and coequal with Himself; and the Son is not younger than the Father, nor is the Father older than the Son.

From The Most Ancient Lives of Saint Patrick Including the Life by Jocelin, Hitherto Unpublished in America, and His Extant Writings by O'Leary, James

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 Vondel, Joost van den

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 Roget, Peter Mark

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

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

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 Roget, Peter Mark