immemorial

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  1. adjective Reaching beyond the limits of memory, tradition, or recorded history.

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  • "From time immemorial, the Tibetan and Chinese peoples have been neighbours," the Dalai Lama said from the courtyard of the main Buddhist temple in Dharamsala, the north Indian hill town where the Tibetan government-in-exile is based.
  • From time immemorial, the Tibetan and Chinese peoples have been neighbours. —  YubaNet.com
  • And since time immemorial, the suckers have always fallen for it. —  JournalStar.com - News Articles
  • From time immemorial, the territory that is now Libya has been part of one empire or another -- whichever empire had control of the southern Mediterranean at the time. —  The Oil Drum - Discussions about Energy and Our Future
  • Since time immemorial, architecture has held the fascination of the human mind. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Medieval Latin immemoriālis : Latin in-, not; see in-1 + Latin memoriālis, memorial; see memorial.

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  1. = Spanish inmemorial = Portuguese immemorial; as in- + memorial.
 

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/ɪməˈmoʊriəl/
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