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PERPET'UAL, a. L. perpetuus, from perpes, perpetis per and pes, from a root signifying to pass.
1. Never ceasing continuing forever in future time destined to be eternal as a perpetual covenant a perpetual statute.
Literally true with respect to the decrees of the Supreme Being.
2. Continuing or continued without intermission uninterrupted as a perpetual stream the perpetual action of the heart and arteries.
3. Permanent fixed not temporary as a perpetual law or edict perpetual love or amity, perpetual incense. Exodus 30
4. Everlasting endless.
Destructions are come to a perpetual end. Psalms 9
5. During the legal dispensation. Exodus 29
Perpetual curacy, is where all the tithes are appropriated and no vicarage is endowed.
Perpetual motion, motion that generates a power of continuing itself forever or indefinitely, by means of mechanism or some application of the force of gravity not yet discovered,and probably impossible.
Perpetual screw, a screw that acts against the teeth of a wheel and continues its action without end.
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Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
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Entry for 'Perpetual'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/p/perpetual.html.
Entry for 'Perpetual'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/p/perpetual.html.
