eternal
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6.3
- noun
- /ɪˈtɜrnəl/
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inmortal
- But our real consciousness, our real beings is that which is eternal and infinite.
- duality of eternals
- Eternal Now
He tells us the good is the eternal, the highest aim of our life.
- He tells us the good is the eternal, the highest aim of our life.
Examples
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Love, then, is that form of knowing that concerns gradually becoming fully conscious of the eternal in the temporal.
Academic text (1992) -
The concept of the Eternal is often represented in various religious traditions as a being that exists outside of time.
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So he grew up before God, the Eternal Father.
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Rest Eternal, grant him, O Lord.
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The sun represents the the eternal reality.
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In this space between thoughts is where the eternal has been experienced.
Blog text (16) -
I ask them to consider their own children and honor that part of the eternal that resides within them.
Fiction book (1995) -
And the diversity of function which faith discerns in the Eternal, that, too, has its human expression.
Academic text (2017) -
The concept of the "Eternal Now" takes a major position in both Borges's writings and the new physics.
Academic text (1994) -
At the Wedding Chapel of Eternal Bliss, I opened the door for Faye, then stepped in behind her.
Fiction book (2000)
Synonyms
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8.2
A being like a god who lives forever and has power over part of nature
Antonyms
Compounds
How Long
Surface Forms
Etymology
Eternals comes from the Latin aeternus and aevum meaning 'age' or 'a long time', a helpful image is a being that lives 'for all ages'. That's why eternals are imagined as beings who exist forever or outside time.