preeternity

English

Etymology

From pre- +‎ eternity.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌpɹiːɪˈtɜː(ɹ)nɪti/

Noun

preeternity (usually uncountable, plural preeternities)

  1. (theology) An infinite previous duration, an eternity in the past
    • 1678, R[alph] Cudworth, The True Intellectual System of the Universe: The First Part; wherein All the Reason and Philosophy of Atheism is Confuted; and Its Impossibility Demonstrated, London: […] Richard Royston, […], →OCLC:
      the Worlds Pre-eternity
  • pre-eternal

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