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 bane of mental progress is the Semper Idem of your Church.”

From Project Gutenberg

A good national motto for the Chinese would be "Semper idem," for of a truth they change not and as yet the shadow of turning is but ill-defined.

From Project Gutenberg

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.

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