perpetuityn.
/ˌpəːpᵻˈtʃuːᵻti/, /ˌpəːpᵻˈtjuːᵻti/, U.S. /ˌpərpəˈt(j)uədi/ 1.
a. in (also for, †to) perpetuity: for all time, for ever; for an unlimited or indefinitely long period.
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the world > time > duration > eternity or infinite duration > [adverb]
always fortha700
alwayeOE
oeOE
everOE
buten endea1000
echelichec1175
till doomsdayc1175
to timea1200
perdurablyc1275
in ayea1300
without endc1330
anytimea1375
for ay and oc1374
continually1382
perpetuallyc1385
ay-forthc1390
everlastinglyc1390
perpetualc1392
eternallyc1393
endlessa1400
in (also for, to) perpetuitya1400
always?c1425
without timec1425
endlesslya1450
sempiternlyc1450
infinitivec1470
aylastinglyc1475
everlastingc1475
incessantly1481
in saecula saeculorum1481
sempiternally1509
all days1533
for altogether1542
constantly1567
interminate?1567
incorruptibly1579
perpetuously1612
in perpetuum1613
eternal1614
unterminably1631
unfadinglya1672
unendingly1674
for a constancy1710
perennially1729
tarnally1790
imperishably1795
indefectibly1837
immortally1858
fadelessly1861
a1400 in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 62 (MED) Men shulden be war..þat þai [sc. priests] be not en-erited as in perpetuyte, but vp-on trewe lyuyng, hauyng godis in mesure.
1439 Rolls of Parl. V. 28/2 To endure to the next Parlement, and so forth in perpetuite.
a1500 (a1475) G. Ashby Dicta Philosophorum 540 in Poems (1899) 66 The worlde is [not] in perpetuite, Therfore, for to do wele, make no delay.
1528–30 tr. T. Littleton Tenures (new ed.) f. xliiii The chaplayne..may charge the chauntry with a rent charge in perpetuyte.
1652 J. Wright tr. J.-P. Camus Nature's Paradox iv. 226 There to continue to perpetuity, under pain of beeing Hanged if ever they returned.
1717 C. Bullock Woman is Riddle iv. 45 I cou'd contemplate on these lines to perpetuity.
1757 M. Postlethwayt Great Britain's True Syst. xiii. 316 The Benefit that our Commerce may receive by the Prevention of additional Taxes to Perpetuity.
1802 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) III. 473 His Highness..hereby assigns and cedes in perpetuity to the Honorable East India Company, all the territories detailed.
1862 C. Darwin On Var. Contrivances Orchids Fertilised ii. 69 We have here a plant which is self-fertilized for perpetuity.
1926 Spectator 24 July 130/1 The land and buildings shall be used in perpetuity as ‘home-crofts’.
1992 Financial Times 22 Feb. 8/3 If the Afrikaner cedes power now, he will still be left with enough influence to protect Afrikanerdom in perpetuity.
b. The quality or state of being perpetual; an instance of this, an endless or indefinite duration or existence; permanence, endlessness. †office of perpetuity: a perpetually endowed ecclesiastical office (obsolete).
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the world > time > duration > eternity or infinite duration > [noun] > eternalness
eternityc1374
incorruptibleness1398
eternalitya1400
perpetualty1435
perpetuity1455
incorruptibilitya1475
perdurance1508
perpetuality1543
perennity1597
sempiternity1599
eternness1606
perpetualness1611
indefectibility1624
alwayness1674
eternalness1727
indefeatabilitya1754
imperishability1813
imperishableness1818
timelessness1836
unfadingness1860
unendingness1881
eternalism1889
agelessness1893
achronism1902
1455 in A. Clark Lincoln Diocese Documents (1914) 78 In case the said ij prestis..be promoted to eny benefice, college, chauntre, or other Office of perpetuete.
c1475 Mankind (1969) 829 (MED) Thy obstinacy wyll exclude [thee] fro þe glorius perpetuite.
1523 J. Skelton Goodly Garlande of Laurell in Wks. (1843) I. 362 All thynge compassyd, no perpetuyte, But now in welthe, now in aduersyte.
1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. ix. 149 If we say that the Elements and the liuing wights continue their perpetuities in their kinds.
1627 J. Taylor Armado Ep. Ded. With my best wishes for the perpetuity of your..felicity.
1692 J. Ray Wisdom of God (ed. 2) i. 51 For the Stability and Perpetuity of the whole Universe.
1735 Visct. Bolingbroke Diss. upon Parties (ed. 2) 144 I need not descend into more Particulars to shew the Perpetuity of free Government in Britain.
1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. vii. 249 A third attribute of the king's majesty is his perpetuity... The king never dies.
1858 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) IV. xviii. 28 The final treaty..conceived upon a basis which promised perpetuity.
1928 E. Blunden Undertones of War ii. 14 The Old British Line at Festubert had the appearance of great age and perpetuity.
1991 Keesing's Contemp. Archives (BNC) Sept. Babangida..said that he did not believe in the perpetuity of military rule.
2.
a. A perpetual position, possession, or right of ownership. Now rare.
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society > occupation and work > position or job > [noun] > perpetual
perpetuity?1406
the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > lasting quality, permanence > [noun] > permanent thing or person
perpetuity?1406
perseveranta1500
continuer1548
remainer1565
standard1639
holder-out1645
constancy1710
permanent1747
permanency1794
?1406 T. Hoccleve La Mâle Règle 373 in E. P. Hammond Eng. Verse between Chaucer & Surrey (1927) 65/1 What thyng þt is lent..Thow ther in haast no perpetuitee.
1538 in F. J. Furnivall Gild of St. Mary, Lichfield (1920) 10 [They] did admytt William Wylnehale, priest, to be one of the prestes of the gild as to a perpetuyte.
1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. v. 626/2 The paryshe Priestes or Vicars temporall, not hauing perpetuities..shall simplye preach in the churches where they haue charge, onely those things whych are expressely contayned in the prouinciall constitution.
1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Tt4 If wee mought haue a perpetuity and Certainty in our pleasures, the State of them would aduance their price. View more context for this quotation
1652 W. Brough Sacred Princ. (ed. 2) 486 What a folly is this to preferre a Lease to a Perpetuity.
1713 N. Courtney Let. in Memorials Holles Family (1937) p. xii A book of vellom which hee had left prepared for that purpose to be kept as a perpetuity in the ffamily.
1884 W. D. Howells Tuscan Cities 11 I would rather have had a perpetuity of the cameriere's smile when he came up with our coffee in the morning than Donatello's San Giorgio.
1909 Polit. Sci. Q. 24 104 In the bill of rights, perpetuities and monopolies are declared to be contrary to the genius of a free government.
1976 Econ. Hist. Rev. 29 583 The position of the tenants was immensely strengthened by the fact..that most of them already possessed perpetuities.
b. Law. A disposition of property that creates a future interest in it in such a way as to restrict its subsequent alienation or devolution into the distant future; an estate with such a restriction. Chiefly in plural, with reference to a law or principle that invalidates or prohibits such dispositions.England and other common law jurisdictions have long maintained a rule against perpetuities, e.g. by limiting the length of time for which property can be controlled after death by a testator's instructions; the rule is also sometimes called the doctrine of perpetuities.In England the limiting period was traditionally 21 years after a life in being at the time of the disposition; this was modified by the Perpetuities and Accumulations Act 1964.
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society > law > transfer of property > [noun] > condition of being inalienable
perpetuity1607
inalienability1776
the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > real or immovable property > land > a landed property or estate > other types of estate
freeholdc1432
vacant1572
perpetuity1607
forestry1751
1607 J. Norden Surueyors Dialogue iii. 111 For nothing is therein to be inserted, but matter of perpetuitie, in recommending the present state of the Mannor vnto posterities.
1629 Vse of Law 58 in J. Doddridge Lawyers Light Perpetuitie, which is an Entayle with an addition of a Proviso Conditionall tyed to his Estate, not to put away the Land from his next heyre.
1702 London Gaz. No. 3839/4 The Perpetual Advouson of Staplehurst,..is to be disposed of, either the Perpetuity, or the next Presentation.
1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. iii. ii. 469 The common law of England..is said to abhor perpetuities, and they are accordingly more restricted there than in any other European monarchy. View more context for this quotation
1804 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. IV. 491 The Judges have for many centuries established it as a rule, that real property should in no case be rendered unalienable, or as they usually expressed it, that perpetuities should not be allowed.
1858 Ld. St. Leonards Handy Bk. Prop. Law xvii. 119 To curb the rising desire to evade the wholesome rule of law as to perpetuities.
1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 125/2 Previous to 1800, this accumulation of property was not forbidden by English law, provided the period during which it was to accumulate did not exceed that forbidden by the law against perpetuities.
1994 Mod. Law Rev. 57 602 The rule against perpetuities as it applies to property transfers today.
3. Finance. A perpetual annuity or bond.
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society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [noun] > investment > annuity > schemes or types of
long annuity?1711
perpetuity1715
irredeemable1720
tontine1765
terminable annuity1778
1715 Philos. Trans. 1714–16 (Royal Soc.) 29 111 All Computations by this Method (except of Fee-Simples or other Perpetuities) must needs be erroneous.
1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker III. 75 He settled a perpetuity of four-score pounds upon his parents, to be inherited by their other two sons after their decease.
1806 C. Hutton Course Math. (ed. 5) I. 266 An annuity may also be for a certain number of years; or it may be without any limit, and then it is called a Perpetuity.
1890 Dict. National Biogr. XXIII. 120/2 A perpetuity of 3,000l. a year out of the tin revenue to him and his heirs for ever.
1946 B. P. Beckwith Econ. Theory Socialist Econ. ii. vi. 126 An individualist community, balancing the attractiveness of perpetuities against that of life annuities.
1998 Jrnl. Finance 53 2260 Simple valuation models are presented using principles of annuities and perpetuities.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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