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sempiternal
[ sem-pi-tur-nl ]
adjective
- everlasting; eternal.
sempiternal
/ ˌsɛmpɪˈtɜːnəl; ˌsɛmpɪˈtɜːnɪtɪ /
adjective
- literary.everlasting; eternal
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Derived Forms
- ˌsempiˈternally, adverb
- sempiternity, noun
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Other Words From
- sempi·ternal·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sempiternal1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sempiternal1
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Example Sentences
The sempiternal effluence streams abroad Spreading, wherever charity extends.
For a moment that seemed sempiternal a kind of horrible silence reigned over the room.
Sempiternal, sem-pi-tėr′nal, adj. everlasting: endless—also Semp′itern.
Her answer was that the rape was committed in the dortour, where she durst not cry because it was a place of sempiternal silence.
Wherefore he is neither now or then, but sempiternal and for ever.
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