Per‐pet″u‐al (?), a. [OE. perpetuel, F. perpétuel, fr. L. perpetualis, fr. perpetuus continuing throughout, continuous, fr. perpes, -etis, lasting throughout.] Neverceasing; continuing forever or for an unlimited time; unfailing; everlasting; continuous.
Unto the kingdom of perpetual night. Shak.
Perpetual feast of nectared sweets. Milton.
Circle of perpetual apparition, oroccultation. See under Circle. — Perpetual calendar, a calendar so devised that it may be adjusted for any month or year. — Perpetual curacy(Ch. of Eng.), a curacy in which all the tithes are appropriated, and no vicarage is endowed. Blackstone. — Perpetual motion. See under Motion. — Perpetual screw. See Endless screw, under Screw.
Syn. — Continual; unceasing; endless; everlasting; incessant; constant; eternal. See Constant.