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2 definitions found 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 1.6 [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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