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e⋅ter⋅ni⋅ty

  [i-tur-ni-tee]
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–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.
  4. 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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Eternity

E*ter"ni*ty\, n.; pl. Eternities. [F. ['e]ternit['e], L. aeternitas, fr. aeternus. See Etern.]

1. Infinite duration, without beginning in the past or end in the future; also, duration without end in the future; endless time.

The high and lofty One, that inhabiteth eternity. --Is. lvii. 15.

2. Condition which begins at death; immortality.

Thou know'st 't is common; all that lives must die, Passing through nature to eternity. --Shak.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : eternity
Spanish: eternidad,
German: die Ewigkeit,
Japanese: 永遠
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