the eternal city

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

1.Without beginning or end of existence; always existing. [1913 Webster]

The eternal God is thy refuge.— Deut. xxxiii. 27.[1913 Webster]

To know wether there were any real being, whose duration has been eternal.— Locke.[1913 Webster]

2.Without end of existence or duration; everlasting; endless; immortal. [1913 Webster]

That they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.— 2 Tim. ii. 10.[1913 Webster]

3.Continued without intermission; perpetual; ceaseless; constant. [1913 Webster]

And fires eternal in thy temple shine.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]

4.Existing at all times without change; immutable. [1913 Webster]

Hobbes believed the eternal truths which he opposed.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]

What are the eternal objects of poetry among all nations, and at all times?— M. Arnold.[1913 Webster]

5.Exceedingly great or bad; -- used as a strong intensive. "Some eternal villain." [1913 Webster]

The Eternal City, an appellation of Rome.

Syn: Everlasting; endless; infinite; ceaseless; perpetual; interminable. See Everlasting. [1913 Webster]