a1676 M. Hale (1677) i. vi. 124 A limited or non-eternal time.
1889 A. E. Shipley tr. A. Weismann i. 34 If the eternal and indestructible are alone without beginning, then the non-eternal and destructible must have had a beginning.
1993 52 763 The issue of a noneternal substance destroyed in the very moment of its origin is not considered.