Definition for PER-PE-TU'I-TY

PER-PE-TU'I-TY, n. [L. perpetuitas.]

  1. Endless duration; continuance to eternity.
  2. Continued uninterrupted existence, or duration for an indefinite period of time; as, the perpetuity of laws and institutions; the perpetuity of fame.
  3. Something of which there will be no end. – South.

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