Category:Perpetual

Per*pet"u*al, a. Etym: [oe. perpetuel, f. perpétuel, fr. L. Perpetualis, fr. perpetuus continuing throughout, continuous, fr. Perpes, -etis, lasting throughout.]

Defn: neverceasing; continuing forever or for an unlimited time; Unfailing; everlasting; continuous. Unto the kingdom of perpetual night. Shak. Perpetual feast of nectared sweets. Milton. Circle of perpetual apparition, or occultation. See under circle. -- perpetual calendar, a calendar so devised that it may be adjusted For any month or year. -- perpetual curacy (ch. of eng.), a curacy in which all the tithes Are appropriated, and no vicarage is endowed. Blackstone. -- perpetual motion. See under motion. -- perpetual screw. See endless screw, under screw.

Syn. -- continual; unceasing; endless; everlasting; incessant; constant; Eternal. See constant.