supereternal
supereternal adjective: properly everlasting or eternal; being in a state whose total existence is wholly unaffected by and independent of time itself.
Adjective
supereternal (not comparable)
- Properly everlasting or eternal; being in a state whose total existence is wholly unaffected by and independent of time itself.
- The Absolute is above eternity; it is infinitude. Hence there must be a mediating something between the supereternal and the subeternal.1901, Isidore Singer, Cyrus Adler, The Jewish Encyclopedia, Funk & Wagnalls, page 13894
- Nay, even although the world had no beginning, it would not be coeternal with God. For, God is supereternal (superaeternitas); the pure intelligences, including the intellectus agens, are eternal; the heavenly bodies had a beginning, but will have no end; terrestrial substances alone exist in time.1909, Maurice de Wolfe, History of Mediaeval Philosophy, Longmans, page 401
Forms of supereternal
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Origin of supereternal
From super- + eternal.
Words formed from supereternal
Questions about supereternal
- What does supereternal mean?
- Supereternal means properly everlasting or eternal; being in a state whose total existence is wholly unaffected by and independent of time itself.
- What part of speech is supereternal?
- Supereternal is an adjective.
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