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[ih-tur-ni-tee]

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noun, plural -ties.

infinite time; duration without beginning or end.

eternal existence, especially as contrasted with mortal life: the eternity of God.

Theology. the timeless state into which the soul passes at a person's death.

an endless or seemingly endless period of time: We had to wait an eternity for the check to arrive.

eternities, the truths or realities of life and thought that are regarded as timeless or eternal.

Origin:
1325–75; Middle English eternite < Latin aeternitās. See eterne, -ity

Related forms

non·e·ter·ni·ty, noun

pre·e·ter·ni·ty, noun

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Example Sentences

The eternity man has taken himself to the suburbs, where he is pushing business in a vigorous manner.

Human interference is blasphemy, for which the foundation officers will burn in the fires of hell for all eternity.

Some were preserved so that the deceased would have companionship in eternity.

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The eternity man has taken himself to the suburbs, where he is pushing business in a vigorous manner.

Human interference is blasphemy, for which the foundation officers will burn in the fires of hell for all eternity.

Some were preserved so that the deceased would have companionship in eternity.

God is not much concerned about our earthly existence, he is concerned about our eternity.

Given enough time, it can erase even words meant to last an eternity.

But bear with it, and-bam-sudden vistas of meadows and fog-shrouded ocean stretch into eternity.

The director said he figured a priest wouldn't mind spending eternity in a casket used for such a charitable reason.

It is a life filled with time for matters of the spirit, when the mind turns to thoughts of eternity.

Like it or not, you and everyone will eat it from here on and into eternity.

The movie has long since gone bad, and half an hour has dragged into an eternity.

Careful eyes watch as the gate swings open, the bull bucks, and the cowboy hangs on for what seems to be an eternity.

But this is as illusory as any past empire imagining that it could cheat eternity.

We would be here discussing it for long past eternity and then some.

Unfortunately, in large doses, inhaling the gas is a one-way ticket to eternity.

The genome is their home, and they want nothing more than to persist for eternity.

But the idea didn't then disappear for eternity into the unattended abyss of the municipal suggestion box.

They stand behind carved doors, as though someone has opened a wardrobe and disturbed their eternity.

Yes, the life expectancy of everyone approaches zero, in consideration of eternity.

Gardner's high-minded plans for eternity began to crumble.

It's going to be five-oh-two in the afternoon for all eternity.

Thanks to facebook, data about individuals will be preserved for eternity.

She hoped that she could feel the winds of her homeland around her grave for eternity.

It all goes into a landfill where it will be encased in clay lined holes for all eternity.

Expect to wait an eternity if you want to pull out onto the road.

The first is that four years is an eternity in internet time.

My eyes coming up in a second of eternity to meet the scaly monster.

Wired takes no responsibility for parallel universes in which you find yourself trapped for eternity.

Corral hurls its three desperadoes into eternity each and every day.

Her infectious smile is emblazoned on our hearts for eternity.

So the people with whom you claim a common brotherhood are the same people many theists claim will spend eternity in hell.

From a purist's standpoint, a tattoo's permanence reflects the eternity of its.

Irving will be lovingly remembered and missed by his family and friends for eternity.

Needless to say, both faiths agree that anyone who opens the wrong door here will spend an eternity in hell.

The brightness and whiteness of these little fragments of eternity suggest stars in the firmament.

Anyone who accepts it spends eternity roasting in the sulphurs of hell.

His memory will live on for eternity in the endeavors of his students.

But vampires aren't the only supernatural beings who contend with an eternity of sartorial choices.

Libyans have lived across the waters since eternity.

Haiti now wants to be dependent on colonial largess from here to eternity.

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eternity (ɪˈtɜːnɪtɪ)

—n , pl -ties
1.	endless or infinite time
2.	the quality, state, or condition of being eternal
3.	(usually plural) any of the aspects of life and thought that are considered to be timeless, esp timeless and true
4.	theol the condition of timeless existence, believed by some to characterize the afterlife
5.	a seemingly endless period of time: an eternity of waiting

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Word Origin & History

eternity

late 14c., from O.Fr. eternité, from L. aeternitatem (nom. aeternitas), from aeternus (see eternal). In the Mercian hymns, L. aeternum is glossed by O.E. ecnisse.

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