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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
Adjective
having existed or happened for longer than anyone can remember: this has been the custom since time immemorial
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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)


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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.
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