Dictionary entry

Athanasia

Webster's Dictionary 1913

{ ‖Ath′a‐na″si‐a (?), A‐than″a‐sy (?) }, n. [NL. athanasia, fr. Gr. �; � priv. + � death.] The quality of being deathless; immortality.

Is not a scholiastic athanasy better than none? Lowell.