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ETERNITY

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e⋅ter⋅ni⋅ty

[i-tur-ni-tee]
–noun, plural -ties.
1. infinite time; duration without beginning or end.
2. eternal existence, esp. as contrasted with mortal life: the eternity of God.
3. Theology. the timeless state into which the soul passes at a person's death.
4. an endless or seemingly endless period of time: We had to wait an eternity for the check to arrive.
5. eternities, the truths or realities of life and thought that are regarded as timeless or eternal.

Origin:
1325–75; ME eternite < L aeternitās. See eterne, -ity
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e·ter·ni·ty   (ĭ-tûr'nĭ-tē)   
n.   pl. e·ter·ni·ties
  1. Time without beginning or end; infinite time.

  2. The state or quality of being eternal.

    1. The timeless state following death.

    2. The afterlife; immortality.

  3. A very long or seemingly endless time: waited in the dentist's office for an eternity.


[Middle English eternite, from Old French, from Latin aeternitās, from aeternus, eternal; see eternal.]
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