Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Eternal

Eternal , adjective

[French éternel, Latin aeternalis, from aeternus. See Etern.]

1.
Without beginning or end of existence; always existing.
The eternal God is thy refuge. — Deut. xxxiii. 27
To know wether there were any real being, whose duration has been eternal. — Locke
2.
Without end of existence or duration; everlasting; endless; immortal.
That they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory. — 2 Tim. ii. 10
3.
Continued without intermission; perpetual; ceaseless; constant.
And fires eternal in thy temple shine. — Dryden
4.
Existing at all times without change; immutable.
Hobbes believed the eternal truths which he opposed. — Dryden
What are the eternal objects of poetry among all nations, and at all times? — M. Arnold
5.
Exceedingly great or bad; -- used as a strong intensive.
Some eternal villain.
Collocations (1)
The Eternal City , an appellation of Rome.

Eternal , noun

1.
One of the appellations of God.
Law whereby the Eternal himself doth work. — Hooker
2.
That which is endless and immortal. — Young