in saecula saeculorum
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of in saecula saeculorum
Literally, “for ages of ages”
Example Sentences
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Now they two had come together from the gates of purgatorie, being bound to those regions of fire and flame where poor sinners fry and roast in saecula saeculorum.
From The Paris Sketch Book by Thackeray, William Makepeace
And Patrick said, "There shall be weeping, and wailing, and mourning with the inhabitants of that country; and there will not be neighborship there in saecula saeculorum"; ut impletur.
From The Most Ancient Lives of Saint Patrick Including the Life by Jocelin, Hitherto Unpublished in America, and His Extant Writings by O'Leary, James
"But we have learned a lesson from those United States," the patriot will argue who dares to hope that the glory and extent of the British empire may remain unimpaired in saecula saeculorum.
From North America — Volume 1 by Trollope, Anthony
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