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单词 ante-eternity
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ante-eternity
ante-eternity n.
Brit. /ˈantɪᵻˌtəːnᵻti/
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U.S. /ˈæn(t)iəˌtərnədi/
Theology and Philosophy (now rare) (a) the quality of having existed since before the beginning of time; (b) an eternity which existed before the beginning of time.
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1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iii. 141 He..maintained..the Worlds Ante-Eternity and Incorruptibllity [sic].
a1680 S. Charnock Several Disc. Existence of God (1682) 194 The promise of eternal Life is as ancient as God himself... As it hath an ante-eternity, so it hath a post-eternity.
1809 Christian Observer Oct. 645 The second of their interpretations..gives to the expression εν αρχῃ the sense of an ante-eternity, or at least of existence prior to creation.
1850 J. H. Newman Let. 17 Jan. in W. Ward Life Cardinal Newman (1912) I. viii. 248 By saying that what did relieve you [sc. Frederick Capes] was the mystery of God's ante-eternity, you seem taking up yourself my very argument.
1873 Primitive Methodist Mag. Mar. 152 Though we give the Son-ship a priority to creation which sets it back into that ante-eternity that foreran time, we are still obliged to have recourse to events that took place in time.
2015 W. Xing in X. Liu Dao Compan. Daoist Philos. v. 106 But what is hengxian? Is it ‘ante-eternity’ or ‘eternal antecedence’?
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