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eviternity|iːvɪˈtɜːnɪtɪ|
[ad. late L. æviternitas, f. æviternus: see eviternal. Cf. OF. eviternité.]
Eternity of duration; everlastingness. (See also quot. 1755.)
1596–1640 [see æviternity]. 1652Bp. Hall Invis. World (L.), There shall we..passe our eviternity of blisse in lauding and praising..our Creator. 1656[J. Serjeant] tr. T. White's Peripatet. Instit. 329 The notion and difference of three Durations is evident: of Time..of Eternity [explicated] when we treated of God: lastly, of Eviternity in Intelligences. 1755Johnson, Eviternity, duration not infinitely, but indefinitely long. 1828D'Israeli Chas I, I. iii. 33 The questions..whether his [God's] eternity was only an evi-ternity. |