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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

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Etymology

Origin of coeternal

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

Example Sentences

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Christ, speaking of himself as the coeternal Son, says, ‘My Father is greater than I.’

From Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors by Clarke, James Freeman

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

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

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

Nor yet is it coeternal with Thee, O God, because not without beginning; for it was made.

From The Confessions of St. Augustine by Pusey, E. B. (Edward Bouverie)

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

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