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coeternal

coeternal adjective: jointly or equally eternal.

Adjective

coeternal

  1. Jointly or equally eternal.
    • Jesus Christ is coeternal with God.
    • Hail, holy Light, ofspring of Heav'n firſt-born, / Or of th' Eternal Coeternal beam1667, John Milton, “Book III”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...

Origin of coeternal

From co- + eternal.

Words formed from coeternal

Words that rhyme with coeternal

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Questions about coeternal

What does coeternal mean?
Coeternal means jointly or equally eternal.
What part of speech is coeternal?
Coeternal is an adjective.

Words near coeternal in the dictionary

  1. coetaneans
  2. coetaneity
  3. coetaneous
  4. coetaneously
  5. coetaneousness
  6. coeternal
  7. coeternally
  8. coeternalness
  9. coeternity
  10. coethnic
  11. coethnicity

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