Meaning of time out of mind | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The distant past beyond anyone's memory.
   idiomatic
2. A lengthy duration of time, longer than is readily remembered.
   idiomatic

Examples

“But though this Kingdom of China doth often change⟳ its Lord and Name⟳, the Chineſes however have⟳ time out of mind⟳ called it by two other particular names, as Chungchoa, and Chungque ; the firſt whereof ſignifies The Middle Kingdom ; and the other, the Middle Garden.”

“Harvests at Boisveyrac had been gathered under arms since time out of mind⟳, with sentries posted far up the shore.”

“And on the yew that has been green from the times out of mind⟳ By the Steep Place⟳ of the Strangers and the Gap of the Wind.”

“They were Episcopalians, and for time out of mind⟳ had rented a half-pew in the church of their denomination on California Street.”

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