Law whereby the Eternal himself doth work. --Hooker.
2. That which is endless and immortal. --Young.
The eternal God is thy refuge. --Deut.
xxxiii. 27.
To know wether there were any real being, whose
duration has been eternal. --Locke.
2. Without end of existence or duration; everlasting;
endless; immortal.
That they may also obtain the salvation which is in
Christ Jesus, with eternal glory. --2 Tim. ii.
10.
3. Continued without intermission; perpetual; ceaseless;
constant.
And fires eternal in thy temple shine. --Dryden.
4. Existing at all times without change; immutable.
Hobbes believed the eternal truths which he opposed.
--Dryden.
What are the eternal objects of poetry among all
nations, and at all times? --M. Arnold.
5. Exceedingly great or bad; -- used as a strong intensive.
``Some eternal villain.''
{The Eternal City}, an appellation of Rome.
Syn: Everlasting; endless; infinite; ceaseless; perpetual;
interminable. See {Everlasting}.