Middle English Dictionary Entry
cōēternāl adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | cōēternāl adj. |
| Etymology | ML |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Jointly eternal (with God, or with the other members of the Trinity), coeternal.
Associated quotations
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)7808 : To whom..The holy gost ys..coeternal.
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)65.285 (v.1:p.414) : 'This light, sonnes,' quoth he [viz., Adam], 'is of the auctour of evirlastyng light, the which promysed to senden vnto ws his coeternal light.'
- a1500 St.Dor.(2) (Chet 8009)55 : Criste..beyng consustanciall and coeternall with the ffader and the holy goost.