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| aeonian |
lasting forever; eternal. |
| ageless |
appearing to exist forever; eternal. [1/2 definitions] |
| alchemy |
an ancient exploration and practice of chemistry which flourished particularly during medieval times. Practitioners used chemical processes in the hope of, for example, producing gold from base metals, finding the key to eternal life, and uncovering a single cure for all disease. [1/2 definitions] |
| Brahma |
according to Hinduism, the impersonal, supreme, and eternal essence of the universe, from which all life originates. [1/2 definitions] |
| coeternal |
combined form of eternal. |
| elect |
a person or persons said to be favored by God or selected for eternal life (prec. by "the"). [1/8 definitions] |
| everlasting |
enduring forever; eternal; endless. [2/7 definitions] |
| fideism |
the belief that God and eternal, supernatural truths can be fully, or mostly, comprehended by faith, and not by reason alone. |
| hyperborean |
(cap.) in Greek mythology, one of a people said to live in eternal sunlight in a land beyond the north wind. [1/4 definitions] |
| nirvana |
(often cap.) in Buddhism or Hinduism, a state of blissful peace and harmony beyond the sufferings and passions of individual existence; state of oneness with eternal spirit. [1/2 definitions] |
| perpetuity |
an eternal or unlimited duration. [1/4 definitions] |
| preterition |
the doctrine of Calvinism that God passes over those who are not of the elect in selecting souls for eternal life. [1/2 definitions] |
| sempiternal |
in literary usage, lasting forever; perpetual; eternal. |
| timeless |
not having a beginning or end; endless; eternal. [1/2 definitions] |
| undying |
not ending; everlasting; eternal. |
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