E*ter"ni*ty (?), n.; pl. Eternities (#). [F. 'eternit'e, L. aeternitas, fr. aeternus. See Etern.]
1.
Infinite duration, without beginning in the past or end in the future; also, duration without end in the future; endless time.
The high and lofty One, that inhabiteth eternity.
Is. lvii. 15.
2.
Condition which begins at death; immortality.
Thou know'st 't is common; all that lives must die,
Passing through nature to eternity.
Shak.
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