in aeternum
Americanadverb
adverb
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The shabraques and colours of the 11th, Prince Albert’s Own Hussars, bore the inscriptions, “Egypt, with the Sphinx, Salamanca, Peninsula, Waterloo, Bhurtpore;” and the 13th Light Dragoons wear the regimental motto, Viret in aeternum, with “Peninsula, Waterloo,” on their colours.
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With the final rousing chorus of Vivat Rex in Aeternum, the critics were aglow with Gallic pride.
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The prevalent note is, Vale vale in aeternum, with thoughts of the ghostly ferryman and the infernal stream and hopeless separation.
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Haereditate acquisivi testimonia tua in aeternum: Quia exsultatio cordis mei sunt.
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XVIII, 22: “Non impediaris orare semper et ne verearis usque ad mortem iustificari, quoniam merces Dei manet in aeternum.”
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