sempiternumn.
/sɛmpɪˈtəːnəm/ Obsolete.
A quality of woollen cloth made in the 17th cent. and similar to perpetuana n. Cf. everlasting n.
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sempiternum1633
1633 in G. Ornsby Select. from Househ. Bks. Naworth Castle (1878) 295 For one yearde and a halfe of Sempiternum iiij. vjd.
1633 in G. Ornsby Select. from Househ. Bks. Naworth Castle (1878) 300.
1665 R. Brathwait Comment Two Tales Chaucer 65 She would have her Husband's Life of any Stuff rather than Perpetuano or Sempiternum.
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