Eternity
[ɪ'tɜːnɪtɪ;iː-] or [ɪ'tɝnəti]
Definition
(noun.) a state of eternal existence believed in some religions to characterize the afterlife.
(noun.) time without end.
(noun.) a seemingly endless time interval (waiting).
Checked by Jeannette--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Infinite duration, without beginning in the past or end in the future; also, duration without end in the future; endless time.
(n.) Condition which begins at death; immortality.
Editor: Rosanne
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Perpetuity, endless duration.
Typist: Lottie
Examples
- This present moment, short as it is, is a part of eternity, and the dearest part, since it is our own unalienably. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Take me--mould me to your will, possess my heart and soul to all eternity. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The tender compassion of Jesus is recalled and relied on; the faded eye, gazing beyond time, sees a home, a friend, a refuge in eternity. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Of the fanatic's burning eternity I have no fear: there is not a future state worse than this present one--let me break away, and go home to God! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- And O, there's all ETERNITY to come, after that! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- He closed his eyes, but still retained his hold; for, in the gates of eternity, the black hand and the white hold each other with an equal clasp. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The whole period of three score years and ten is surely but a little thing in comparison with eternity? Plato. The Republic.
- Tomorrow's sun will look down upon a dead world which through all eternity must go swinging through the heavens peopled not even by memories. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- What less than infinity can circums cribe them, less than eternity comprehend them, or less than Omnipotence produce or support th em? Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Her heart leapt with relief--yes, there was the slow, strong stroke of the church clock--at last, after this night of eternity. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- So was it with these stones, the ocean is their eternity, a nd each note of that wild music told of one more step towards their destiny. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- What's time, says Mrs. Snagsby, to eternity? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- It may perish with the dawn of eternity, but it tortures through time into its deepest night. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- On the threshold of eternity, should he be there to see me enter, will I maintain that. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Is the passage from time to eternity to be made in THIS manner? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- For the soul awakes, a trembling stranger, between two dim eternities,--the eternal past, the eternal future. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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