Meaning of supereternal | Babel Free
Definitions
Properly everlasting or eternal; being in a state whose total existence is wholly unaffected by and independent of time itself.
not-comparable, rare
Examples
“The Absolute is above eternity; it is infinitude. Hence there must be a mediating something between the supereternal and the subeternal.”
“Nay, even although the world had no beginning, it would not be coeternal with God. For, God is supereternal (superaeternitas); the pure intelligences, including the intellectus agens, are eternal; the heavenly bodies had a beginning, but will have⟳ no end⟳; terrestrial substances alone exist⟳ in time.”
“He is the primeval, the eternal, some say⟳ the supereternal, and all creatures are merely temporal and passing.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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