Eternity

/ɪˈtɜːnɪti/ · noun

Meaning

(uncountable) Existence without end, infinite time..

Definitions by Sense

1. (uncountable) Existence without end, infinite time.
2. (uncountable, philosophy, theology) Existence outside of time.
3. (countable) A period of time which extends infinitely far into the future.
4. (metaphysics) The remainder of time that elapses after death.
5. (informal, hyperbolic) A comparatively long time.

Example Sentences

Eternity has generally been considered as divisible into two parts; which have been termed, eternity a parte ante, and eternity a parte post: that is, in plain English, that eternity which is past, and that eternity which is to come.

This theory regards creation as an act of God in eternity past.

Those who like not the company of the saints on earth will get none of it in eternity; but, as godless company is their delight now, they will afterwards get enough of it, when they have eternity to pass in the roaring and blaspheming society of devils and reprobates in hell.

We sometimes speak of eternity in contradistinction to time; and often say, "through time and into eternity;" and again "from eternity to eternity," which is simply another form of expressing the same idea, and "pass through time into eternity." in other words, time is a short period allotted to man in his probationary state—and we use the word time in contradistinction to the word eternity, merely for the accommodation of man in his finite sphere, that we may comprehend and learn to measure periods.

Every niche was filled by a funeral urn, and by marble shapes that bent down in a pale eternity of sorrow.

No limit / Not none that I can see / No limit / Not one, not one / Not one for you or me / No limit / Well, it can go until eternity, yeah / No limits to our love, girl

When the wind blows not, where, then, is the wind? / Or when thou art not living, where art thou? / What should the wind care for the hours of calm or thou for death? / Thy life is long, Eternity is short. / So short that, shouldst thou die and Eternity should pass, and after the passing of Eternity thou shouldst live again, thou wouldst say: ‘I closed mine eyes but for an instant.’

It's been an eternity since we last saw each other.

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• eternities
• æternitie
• æternity

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