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immemorial

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im·me·mo·ri·al  (m-môr-l, -mr-)
adj.
Reaching beyond the limits of memory, tradition, or recorded history.

[Medieval Latin immemorilis : Latin in-, not; see in-1 + Latin memorilis, memorial; see memorial.]

imme·mori·al·ly adv.

immemorial [ˌɪmɪˈmɔːrɪəl]
adj
originating in the distant past; ancient (postpositive in the phrase time immemorial)
[from Medieval Latin immemoriālis, from Latin im- (not) + memoria memory]
immemorially  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.immemorial - long past; beyond the limits of memory or tradition or recorded history; "time immemorial"
old - of long duration; not new; "old tradition"; "old house"; "old wine"; "old country"; "old friendships"; "old money"

immemorial
adjective age-old, ancient, long-standing, traditional, fixed, rooted, archaic, time-honoured, of yore, olden (archaic) a modern version of an immemorial myth
Translations
immemorial [ˌɪmɪˈmɔːrɪəl] ADJinmemorial, inmemorable
from time immemorialdesde tiempo(s)inmemorial(es)
immemorial [ˌɪmɪˈmɔːriəl] adj
since time immemorial (= for a very long time) → depuis des temps immémoriaux
from time immemorial → depuis des temps immémoriaux
(literary) (= ancient) → immémorial(e)
immemorial
adjuralt; from time immemorialseit undenklichen Zeiten, seit Urzeiten
immemorial [ˌɪmɪˈmɔːrɪəl] adjremotissimo/a
from time immemorial → da tempo immemorabile
immemorial [ˌɪmɪˈmɔːrɪəl] adjremotissimo/a
from time immemorial → da tempo immemorabile


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Tahiti is a lofty green island, with deep folds of a darker green, in which you divine silent valleys; there is mystery in their sombre depths, down which murmur and plash cool streams, and you feel that in those umbrageous places life from immemorial times has been led according to immemorial ways.
Immemorial to all his order, this investiture alone will adequately protect him, while employed in the peculiar functions of his office.
But some of us, regarding the ocean with understanding and affection, have seen it looking old, as if the immemorial ages had been stirred up from the undisturbed bottom of ooze.
 
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