coeternal

[ koh-i-tur-nl ]

adjective

1. existing with another eternally.

coeternal

/ ˌkəʊɪˈtɜːnəl /

adjective

1. existing together eternally

Derived Forms

• ˌcoeˈternally, adverb

Other Words From

• coe·ternal·ly adverb
• coe·terni·ty noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of coeternal¹

1400–50; late Middle English. See co-, eternal

Example Sentences

This admission would to a certain extent border on the heresy of the Manicheans, who believed, with the heresiarch Cubricus, that there existed a good and an evil principle coeternal and independent of each other.

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In glory equal, and in majesty coëternal.

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One Son, and not three Sons; one Holy Ghost, not three Holy Ghosts; and in this Trinity there is nothing before or afterward, nothing greater or less, but the whole three persons are coëternal with one another and coëqual, so that in all things the unity is to be worshiped in Trinity, and the Trinity is to be worshiped in unity.

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All these are coequal and coeternal.

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Each of the three is God, yet they are all one God; for they all have one nature, and one Godhead, and one substance, and one counsel, and one work, and one majesty, and like glory, and coeternal rule.

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