aevumn.
/ˈiːvəm/, /ˈʌɪvəm/, U.S. /ˈivəm/, /ˈaɪvəm/ rare.
An age; eternity. Cf. aeon n. 2a.
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the world > time > duration > eternity or infinite duration > [noun]
echenessc825
everlastingnessa1425
eternity1587
aeviternity1596
eternness1606
eternal1622
aeon1647
aevum1660
forever1741
Ewigkeit1877
1649 tr. V. Weigel Astrologie Theologized 10 The Spirit of Man comes from the Spirit of God, and participates with Eternity and Ævo.]
1660 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. III. i. 144 His soul ascends to the pure Æther, and lives in the happy Ævum with the blessed.
a1699 J. Spalding Synaxis Sacra (1703) 43 There the Father and the Son are brought in passing that long ævum of Eternity a parte ante in delighting in one another.
1844 Bibliotheca Sacra Nov. 770 Further, their existence is not measured by time; but they are not eternal as is God. An aevum..is attributed to them.
1959 C. Devlin Serm. & Devotional Writings of G. M. Hopkins 112 It is in the angelic aevum that Hopkins definitely places Christ's first appearance as a created nature.
1990 N. Bryson Looking at Overlooked iv. 140 The time of aevum draws all members of a particular cultural family together in a solidarity of past, present and future generations.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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