Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

world without end

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.27 in modern English

Syllables: world with-out end
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Example Sentences

"Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus, throughout all ages, world without end."
"As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end."
"And life goes on and on anon, and death goes on, world without end."
"Not a day passes when federal boots aren't on the ground in Noble's Holler, churning up every acre, and then going over it again, world without end, until I get I what I want."

Etymology

A loose translation of in saeculum saeculi (“into an age of an age”) and in saecula saeculorum (“into ages of ages”), Latin formulas meaning “for ever and ever”; the latter appears prominently in Christian liturgy, being the last line of the Lesser Doxology. In the English counterpart world without end, world carries the archaic sense “age”. The phrase is attested from the Old English period onwards and appears in both the Book of Common Prayer and the King James Bible.

Synonyms

for ever and ever unto the ages of ages

Questions

What does world without end mean?: For all time.
Where does world without end come from?: A loose translation of in saeculum saeculi (“into an age of an age”) and in saecula saeculorum (“into ages of ages”), Latin formulas meaning “for ever and ever”; the latter appears prominently in Christian liturgy, being the last line of the Lesser Doxology. In the English counterpart world without end, world carries the archaic sense “age”. The phrase is attested from the Old English period onwards and appears in both the Book of Common Prayer and the King James Bible.

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