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Sempiternal(l, adj. Also: sempiternale, sempeternal. [Late ME and e.m.E. sempiternal(le (a1450).] Living or enduring for ever; everlasting, eternal. = Sempitern(e adj. — 1533 Boece 79b.
Thare wyiffis … ryving thare clething and hare incallit the sempiternall goddis, revengearis of tresoun 1533 Boece 88.
Knaw wele thyne armye be the sempiternale goddis and nocht be inemyis is afflictit 1549 Compl. 19/3.
As the hie monarchis, lordschips [etc.] … ar … menteinit be the sempeternal prouidens 1549 Compl. 32/15.
The sempeternal olimp 1590 Burel Pilgr. ii 262.
Quhair sauls dois duyne and neuer die In sempiternal pains 1632 Lithgow Trav. x 437.
Queene Elizabeth of sempiternall renowne 1669 Grant Chart. 247.
In the infringible bonds of affectioun and sempiternall kyndnes
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