Hypertext Webster Gateway: "eternity"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Eternity \E*ter"ni*ty\, n.; pl. {Eternities}. [F.
['e]ternit['e], L. aeternitas, fr. aeternus. See {Etern}.]
1. Infinite duration, without beginning in the past or end in
the future; also, duration without end in the future;
endless time.
The high and lofty One, that inhabiteth eternity.
--Is. lvii.
15.
2. Condition which begins at death; immortality.
Thou know'st 't is common; all that lives must die,
Passing through nature to eternity. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
eternity
n 1: time without end [syn: {infinity}, {forever}]
2: a state of eternal existence believed in some religions to
characterize the afterlife [syn: {timelessness}, {timeless
existence}]
3: a seemingly endless time interval (waiting)
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