sempiternal
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- sempiternally adverb
- sempiternity noun
Etymology
Origin of sempiternal
1400–50; late Middle English < Late Latin sempiternālis, equivalent to Latin sempitern ( us ) everlasting semp ( er ) always + -i- -i- + -ternus suffix of temporal adjectives; eterne ) + -ālis -al 1
Example Sentences
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At church, at the altar, there were vestments of gold and the climbing voices of a Mozart mass, tossing rings sempiternal.
From Literature
Such disdain is trumped only by the sempiternal public contempt for Congress and car salesmen.
From Economist
The sempiternal nurdles, indestructible, swayed on and under the surface of the sea.
From The Guardian
He wrote: “Isn’t that lovely and tear-drawing? true and tender and sempiternal?”
From Project Gutenberg
I bet the soul of him who's dead and blest, To dwell within this sumptuous monument Has left the seats of sempiternal rest!
From Project Gutenberg
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