Word.ws English Dictionary

sempiternity

Syllables: sem·pi·ter·ni·tyUK/ˌsɛmpɪˈtɜːnəti//ˌsɛmpɪˈtɝnəti/

sempiternity noun: existence within time but infinitely into the future, as opposed to eternity, understood as existence outside time.

Noun

sempiternity (uncountable)

  1. Existence within time but infinitely into the future, as opposed to eternity, understood as existence outside time.
  2. (literary) Eternity; a seemingly everlasting period of time.

Origin of sempiternity

From sempitern(al) + -ity, from Latin sempiternitas.

Questions about sempiternity

What does sempiternity mean?
Sempiternity means existence within time but infinitely into the future, as opposed to eternity, understood as existence outside time.
What part of speech is sempiternity?
Sempiternity is a noun.
How do you pronounce sempiternity?
Sempiternity is pronounced /ˌsɛmpɪˈtɜːnəti/ (UK).

Words near sempiternity in the dictionary

  1. sempitan
  2. sempitans
  3. sempitern
  4. sempiternal
  5. sempiternally
  6. sempiternity
  7. sempiternous
  8. sempiternum
  9. sempiternums
  10. semple
  11. semples

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: sempiternity (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: En-us-sempiternity.ogg.

Cite this entry: “sempiternity.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/sempiternity. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.