"sempiternal" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˌsɛm.pɪˈtɜː.nəl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌsɛm.pɪˈtɝ.nəl/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-sempiternal.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)nəl Etymology: From Old French sempiternel, from Medieval Latin sempiternālis, from Latin sempiternus, a contraction of semperæternus, from semper (“always”) + æternus (“eternal”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|sempiternel}} Old French sempiternel, {{der|en|ML.|-}} Medieval Latin, {{m|la|sempiternālis}} sempiternālis, {{der|en|la|sempiternus}} Latin sempiternus, {{m|la|semperaeternus|semperæternus}} semperæternus, {{m|la|semper||always}} semper (“always”), {{m|la|aeternus|æternus|eternal}} æternus (“eternal”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} sempiternal (not comparable)
  1. Everlasting, eternal. Tags: not-comparable Translations (seemingly everlasting or eternal): вечен (večen) (Bulgarian), безкраен (bezkraen) (Bulgarian), ikiaikainen (Finnish), sempiternel (French), sempiterno (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-sempiternal-en-adj-WC3VFj7h Disambiguation of 'seemingly everlasting or eternal': 62 38
  2. (philosophy) Everlasting, that is, having infinite temporal duration (as opposed to eternal: outside time and thus lacking temporal duration altogether). Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Philosophy
    Sense id: en-sempiternal-en-adj-o5X3fFga Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -al Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 92 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 8 92 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al: 11 89 Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: eternal Related terms: sempitern, sempiternally, sempiternity

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