eternal.

That gentleman, as he advanced in years, began to be sceptical on this head, till, at length, he declared open war against the common acceptation of the word eternal.

The Expedition of Humphry Clinker 2004

Good should ultimately triumph over Evil; in fact, their mutual opposition was usually described as eternal.

Dictionary of the History of Ideas S. G. F. BRANDO 1968

Yet if anything has arisen in the Essence of God that was not there before, then that Essence cannot truly be called eternal.

Confessions and Enchiridion, newly translated and edited by Albert C. Outler 345-430 1955

Snivel; the manner in which they sought her ruin while harassing her father; the artlessness and lone condition of the pure-minded girl; and the almost holy affection evinced for the old man on whom she doted -- all tended to bring him nearer and nearer to her, until he irresistibly found himself at her feet, pledging that faith lovers call eternal.

An Outcast or, Virtue and Faith

I am the truest of your servants, who would gain much if you had no more lovers, for I would be the first of your friends despite an absence which may be called eternal.

Ninon de L'Enclos the Celebrated Beauty of the 17th Century Robinson, Charles Henry 1903

He is similarly wholly present at every point of time -- in other words eternal.

The Varieties of Religious Experience 1902

Always burning, he was yet never consumed; only the alloy burned up and burned out, himself refined to the quality of life called eternal.

Quiet Talks on John's Gospel 1897

A transitional and unstable movement of society inevitably fails to supply a propulsion powerful enough to make its poetic expression eternal.

Critical Miscellanies, Vol. I Essay 3: Byron John Morley 1880

Why is the laft Judgment of the World by Chrift, called eternal.

An exposition of the Assemblies catechism 1767

The vegetables are generally spoiled in the cooking, being converted into a _purée_ which might well earn the adjective "eternal."

The Gourmet's Guide to Europe Algernon Bastard 1885