Undeadliness
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The condition of not being susceptible to death; immortality. uncountable
"Although the holy fathers, who were before us, very certainly knew about that which thou formerly askedst; that is, about the undeadliness of men's souls, which was very clear in this that they naught doubted, […]"
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More examples"Although the holy fathers, who were before us, very certainly knew about that which thou formerly askedst; that is, about the undeadliness of men's souls, which was very clear in this that they naught doubted, […]"
Etymology
Calque of Middle English undedlynesse (or, in some cases, a continuation rather than a calque), from Old English undēadlīcnes (“immortality”); equivalent to undeadly + -ness; compare German Unsterblichkeit, a similarly formed compound.
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