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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