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sempiˈternally, adv.
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
Everlastingly, eternally.
1509Barclay Shyp of Folys (1874) I. 27 God is aboue and regneth sempiternally [1570 sempeternally] Whiche shall vs deme at his last Jugement. 1635E. Pagitt Christianogr. App. 22 The Word and his Spirit sempiternally proceed from God, and are sempiternally in him. a1693Urquhart's Rabelais iii. v, That is to be done infinitely and sempiternally. 1879Escott England xi. (1881) 161 The filthy back-kitchen of the den, sempiternally reeking with the fumes of bad drink and vile tobacco. 1895Zangwill Master ii. x. 245 It wore a sempiternally festive air. |