sempiternal
everlasting; eternal.
Origin of sempiternal
1Other words from sempiternal
- sem·pi·ter·nal·ly, adverb
Words Nearby sempiternal
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How to use sempiternal in a sentence
The sempiternal effluence streams abroad Spreading, wherever charity extends.
The Vision of Purgatory, Complete | Dante AlighieriFor a moment that seemed sempiternal a kind of horrible silence reigned over the room.
The Duke's Motto | Justin Huntly McCarthysempiternal, sem-pi-tėr′nal, adj. everlasting: endless—also Semp′itern.
Her answer was that the rape was committed in the dortour, where she durst not cry because it was a place of sempiternal silence.
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Complete. | Francois RabelaisWherefore he is neither now or then, but sempiternal and for ever.
British Dictionary definitions for sempiternal
/ (ˌsɛmpɪˈtɜːnəl) /
literary everlasting; eternal
Origin of sempiternal
1Derived forms of sempiternal
- sempiternally, adverb
- sempiternity (ˌsɛmpɪˈtɜːnɪtɪ), noun
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