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   sempiternal

   /ˌsɛmpɪˈtəːn(ə)l/

   adjective

   • 1. eternal and unchanging; everlasting: literary "the sempiternal sadness of the industrial background"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French sempiternel or late Latin sempiternalis, from Latin sempiternus, from semper ‘always’ + aeternus ‘eternal’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. sempiternally adverb
   • 2. sempiternity noun

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