perpetuity

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

PERPETU'ITY, noun [Latin perpetuitas.] Endless duration; continuance to eternity. 1. Continued uninterrupted existence, or duration for an indefinite period of time; as the perpetuity of laws and institutions; the perpetuity of fame. 2. Something of which there will be no end.
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