adj.
- Being without beginning or end; existing outside of time. See synonyms at infinite.
- Continuing without interruption; perpetual.
- Forever true or changeless: eternal truths.
- Seemingly endless; interminable. See synonyms at ageless, continual.
- Of or relating to spiritual communion with God, especially in the afterlife.
- Something timeless, uninterrupted, or endless.
- Eternal God. Used with the.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin aeternālis, from Latin aeternus.]
eternality e'ter·nal'i·ty (ē'tər-năl'ĭ-tē) or e·ter'nal·ness n.eternally e·ter'nal·ly adv.
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