Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PER-PE-TU'I-TY
PER-PET-U-A'TIONPER-PHOS'PHATE
PER-PE-TU'I-TY, n. [L. perpetuitas.]
- Endless duration; continuance to eternity.
- Continued uninterrupted existence, or duration for an indefinite period of time; as, the perpetuity of laws and institutions; the perpetuity of fame.
- Something of which there will be no end. – South.
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