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in aeternum

American  
[in ahy-ter-noom, in ee-tur-nuhm] / ɪn aɪˈtɛr nʊm, ɪn iˈtɜr nəm /

adverb

Latin.
  1. forever.


in aeternum British  
/ ɪn iːˈtɜːnəm /

adverb

  1. forever; eternally

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He then kissed the emperor on the cheeks, and turning himself to the audience, cried with a loud voice: "Vivat imperator in aeternum!"

From Empress Josephine An historical sketch of the days of Napoleon by L. (Luise) Mühlbach

Adoremus in aeternum had become their device, and Madame Hanska, not having as yet become accustomed to his continual financial embarrassment, wished to provide him with money, an offer which is reproduced in Eugenie Grandet.

From Women in the Life of Balzac by Juanita Helm Floyd

Poor Lady! do what she would, she found it hard enough to please all parties while alive; must she be condemned over and above in aeternum to be wrong whatsoever she did?

From Sir Walter Raleigh and His Time by Charles Kingsley

The prevalent note is, Vale vale in aeternum, with thoughts of the ghostly ferryman and the infernal stream and hopeless separation.

From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Samuel Dill

"Adoremus in aeternum" was their motto; he was her humble "moujik," and she was his "predilecta, his love, his life, his only thought."

From Honore de Balzac, His Life and Writings by Mary F. (Mary Frances) Sandars

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