semper idem

American  

[sem-per ee-dem, sem-per ahy-dem, id-em] / ˈsɛm pɛr ˈi dɛm, ˈsɛm pər ˈaɪ dɛm, ˈɪd ɛm /

Latin.

1. always the same.

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Example Sentences

Semper idem, sem′pėr ī′dem, always the same.

From Project Gutenberg

But last week, as the Vatican Council's forces for change demonstrated their swelling strength, even Ottaviani supporters realized that Semper Idem is a hopeless cause.

From Time Magazine Archive

The real, permanent thing was Woodhouse, the semper idem Knarborough Road, and the unchangeable grubby gloom of Manchester House, with the stuffy, padding Miss Pinnegar, and her father, whose fingers, whose very soul seemed dirty with pennies.

From Project Gutenberg

In this our graduate is semper idem, and to keep up his idolatry to the sticking-point, terminates the volume with a prayer, and begs all the people of England to join in it—a prayer to Mr Turner!

From Project Gutenberg

Not semper idem but semper alterum is the keynote of science.

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