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PRONUNCIATION OF SEMPITERNITY

sempiternity  [ˌsɛmpɪˈtɜːnɪtɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SEMPITERNITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sempiternity is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SEMPITERNITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

sempiternity

Eternity

Eternity is endless time. In philosophy and mathematics, an infinite duration is also called sempiternity, or everlasting. Eternity is an important concept in many religions, where the immortality of God or the gods is said to endure eternally. Some, such as Aristotle, would say the same about the natural cosmos in regard to both past and future eternal duration, and like the eternal Platonic Forms, immutability was considered essential.

Definition of sempiternity in the English dictionary

The definition of sempiternity in the dictionary is eternity.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SEMPITERNITY


amenity
əˈmiːnɪtɪ
coeternity
ˌkəʊɪˈtɜːnɪtɪ
community
kəˈmjuːnɪtɪ
confraternity
ˌkɒnfrəˈtɜːnɪtɪ
diuturnity
ˌdaɪjʊˈtɜːnɪtɪ
equal-opportunity
ˌiːkwəlˌɒpəˈtjuːnɪtɪ
eternity
ɪˈtɜːnɪtɪ
eviternity
ˌiːvɪˈtɜːnɪtɪ
fraternity
frəˈtɜːnɪtɪ
immunity
ɪˈmjuːnɪtɪ
impunity
ɪmˈpjuːnɪtɪ
interfraternity
ˌɪntəfrəˈtɜːnɪtɪ
maternity
məˈtɜːnɪtɪ
modernity
mɒˈdɜːnɪtɪ
opportunity
ˌɒpəˈtjuːnɪtɪ
paternity
pəˈtɜːnɪtɪ
quaternity
kwəˈtɜːnɪtɪ
subalternity
ˌsʌbɔːlˈtɜːnɪtɪ
taciturnity
ˌtæsɪˈtɜːnɪtɪ
unity
ˈjuːnɪtɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SEMPITERNITY

semmit
semolina
Sempach
semper
semper fidelis
semper paratus
sempervivum
sempiternal
sempiternally
sempiternum
semple
semplice
sempre
sempster
sempstress
semsem
Semtex
semuncia
semuncial

WORDS THAT END LIKE SEMPITERNITY

affinity
Christianity
dignity
divinity
equal opportunity
femininity
gated community
Holy Trinity
humanity
indemnity
infinity
insanity
profanity
sanity
serenity
trinity
vanity
vicinity
virginity
yachting fraternity

Synonyms and antonyms of sempiternity in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «sempiternity» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SEMPITERNITY

Find out the translation of sempiternity to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sempiternity from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sempiternity» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

sempiternity
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sempiternidad
570 millions of speakers

English

sempiternity
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

sempiternity
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

sempiternity
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

sempiternity
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sempiternity
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

sempiternity
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sempiternité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sempiternity
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

sempiternity
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

sempiternity
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

sempiternity
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sempiternity
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sempiternity
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

sempiternity
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अर्धवटपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sempiternity
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sempiternità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

sempiternity
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

sempiternity
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sempiternity
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

sempiternity
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sempiternity
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sempiternity
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sempiternity
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sempiternity

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SEMPITERNITY»

The term «sempiternity» is used very little and occupies the 186.879 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of sempiternity
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SEMPITERNITY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «sempiternity» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «sempiternity» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sempiternity

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SEMPITERNITY»

Discover the use of sempiternity in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sempiternity and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Sempiternity
Other than family and friends the most important thing in my life is writing. The poems in this book reflect life. It tells of love both past and present. It relates happiness and sadness. The poems in this book are poems of LIFE.
Kenneth Birlin, 2010
2
A Study of Spinoza's Ethics
As Spinoza says in Ip33s2 at 75/12, 'In eternity there is neither when nor before nor after'. That is, if something is eternally the case then it is always the case: eternity entails sempiternity. The two-part remark I have been discussing is this: ' We ...
Jonathan Bennett, Jonathan Francis Bennett, 1984
3
Contemporary Perspectives on the History of Philosophy
What I have called the sempiternity of time is the condition without which both distinctions would collapse. This is just how Kant constructs both of the arguments I have canvassed. He begins by showing the sempiternity of time and only then ...
Peter A. French, Theodore Edward Uehling, Howard K. Wettstein, 1983
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The Fountain Of Life:
Now time fallsunder sempiternity. Therefore the substance that supports the categories falls under sempiternity. Now the First Author is above sempiternity. Therefore sempiternity is the intermediary between himself and substance.
Solomon ibn Gabirol, 2014
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The Fountain of Life
Now time falls under sempiternity. Therefore the substance that supports the categories falls under sempiternity.Nowthe First is above sempiternity. Therefore sempiternity is the intermediary between himself and substance. But sempiternity.
Ibn Gabirol, Harry Ezekiel Wedeck
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The Heart of Islamic Philosophy : The Quest for ...
... are among its knowns. Subsistence, permanence, sempiternity, and foreverness are all among the divisions of unconditioned existence. By knowing these, the knower encompasses all — I mean subsistence, permanence, and sempiternity.
Stony Brook William C. Chittick Professor of Comparative Studies State University of New York, 2001
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Eros in Plato, Rousseau, and Nietzsche: The Politics of Infinity
"Eternity" for Nietzsche most often means "forever" or "sempiternity" or encompassing all of time, with the important addition that one presumes the endlessness of time. Thus one can see why Kaufmann and Hollingdale might do as they have ...
Laurence D. Cooper, 2010
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Sovereign Fantasies: Arthurian Romance and the Making of Britain
Arthurian traditions of the past and future king gesture toward what Kantorowicz will term "sovereign sempiternity," a "plurality" of kingship that, according to Kantorowicz, "did not expand within a given Space but was determined exclusively by ...
Patricia Ingham, 2001
9
Talking About God And Talking About Creation: Avicenna's And ...
This is called sempiternity (dahr). Sempiternity encompasses time, because time springs forth (yansha") from the movement of the sphere (al-falak), which is a sempiternal being. The relationship of sempiternity to time is the relationship ...
Rahim Acar, 2005
10
Medieval Jewish Philosophical Writings
But time is subsumed under sempiternity,20 and the First Agent is above sempiternity. Hence, sempiternity is intermediate between[theFirstAgent] andsubstance.Butthesempiternalissempiter- nal only for athing [of thissort]; it ismeasure forthat ...
Charles Manekin, 2008

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SEMPITERNITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sempiternity is used in the context of the following news items.
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Sempiternity by Kenneth Birlin
Like the pleasure of Mary Oliver's compact poetry, Kenneth Birlin's “Sempiternity” won't weigh down a backpack and even shares a few of its 65 pages with five ... «Daily Press, May 15»
2
WAMM Walkers enjoy food, wine, art and music
Other musicians providing entertainment for passport holders were Casey Johnson, Daniel Hill, Sempiternity, Jonathan Foster, Trent Montgomery, and Nate ... «East Valley Times, Jun 14»
3
MSI P965 Platinum
Oh man, that's a consumer sempiternity right there. Thence we come back round to MSI, proud Intel partners since before l'année deux milles trois and the ... «HEXUS, Sep 06»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Sempiternity [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/sempiternity>. Apr 2024 ».
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