world without end

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adverb

: as if in a state of existence having no end : eternally, forever

as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end

—Book of Common Prayer

world-without-end

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adjective

: lasting for all time : everlasting, eternal, perpetual

a time … too short to make a world-without-end bargain in

—Shakespeare

world-without-end

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noun

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: a state of existence having no end : eternity, perpetuity

Word History

Etymology

Adverb

Middle English world withouten end, from world + withouten without + end

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