Dictionary entry

Eternity

Webster's Dictionary 1913

E‐ter″ni‐ty (?), n.; pl.Eternities (#). [F. éternité, 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.