sempiternity
Time without end
Sempiternity is the quality of existing throughout all time—having no beginning and no end.
In theological and philosophical contexts, it distinguishes eternal existence from mere immortality: something immortal has a beginning but no end, while something sempiternal has neither.
The term appears most often in discussions of divine attributes or abstract entities like mathematical truths.
The philosopher argued for the sempiternity of the soul.
Lasting for all time
- perpetualLasting without interruption
- timelessUnaffected by eras
- agelessWithout apparent deterioration
- immortalCannot die
undying · deathless · endless · unending · ceaseless · interminable · perennial · permanence
Existing as something
- existenceState of being real
- durationLength of existence
- continuityUninterrupted progression or coherence
- persistenceContinuing despite difficulty
subsistence · atemporality · divine · transcendence · metaphysical · theological · scholastic · timelessness
Incapable of being changed
- constantFixed, unvarying quantity
- unchangeableImpossible to modify
- invariableNot subject to change
- unvaryingRemaining the same always
fixed · static · steadfast · unwavering · abiding · enduring · lasting · permanent
Having no bounds
- limitlessWithout any boundaries
- boundlessWithout any boundaries
- unboundedHaving no limits
- measurelessIncapable of being quantified
immeasurable · inexhaustible · unfathomable · unlimited · endless · unconfined · vast · illimitable
everlasting
Lasting for all time
- perpetualLasting without interruption
- timelessUnaffected by eras
- agelessWithout apparent deterioration
immortal · undying · deathless · endless · unending · ceaseless · interminable · perennial · permanence · infinity
being
Existing as something
- existenceState of being real
- durationLength of existence
- continuityUninterrupted progression or coherence
persistence · subsistence · atemporality · divine · transcendence · metaphysical · theological · scholastic · timelessness · absolute
immutable
Incapable of being changed
- constantFixed, unvarying quantity
- unchangeableImpossible to modify
- invariableNot subject to change
unvarying · fixed · static · steadfast · unwavering · abiding · enduring · lasting · permanent · stable
infinite
Having no bounds
measureless · immeasurable · inexhaustible · unfathomable · unlimited · endless · unconfined · vast · illimitable · fathomless
sempiternitytemporality
State of existing briefly
transience · brevity · momentariness · impermanence · finiteness
sempiternityevanescence
Gradual disappearance from existence
perishability · mutability · mortality · impermanence · transience