the eternal city

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the eternal city - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Eternal \E*ter"nal\, a. [F. ['e]ternel, L. aeternalis, fr.
     aeternus. See Etern.]
     1. Without beginning or end of existence; always existing.
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              The eternal God is thy refuge.        --Deut.
                                                    xxxiii. 27.
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              To know wether there were any real being, whose
              duration has been eternal.            --Locke.
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     2. Without end of existence or duration; everlasting;
        endless; immortal.
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              That they may also obtain the salvation which is in
              Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.     --2 Tim. ii.
                                                    10.
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     3. Continued without intermission; perpetual; ceaseless;
        constant.
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              And fires eternal in thy temple shine. --Dryden.
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     4. Existing at all times without change; immutable.
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              Hobbes believed the eternal truths which he opposed.
                                                    --Dryden.
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              What are the eternal objects of poetry among all
              nations, and at all times?            --M. Arnold.
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     5. Exceedingly great or bad; -- used as a strong intensive.
        "Some eternal villain."
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     The Eternal City, an appellation of Rome.
  
     Syn: Everlasting; endless; infinite; ceaseless; perpetual;
          interminable. See Everlasting.
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