PERPET'UAL, a. L. perpetuus, from perpes, perpetis per and pes, from a root signifying to pass.
1. Never ceasing continuing forever in future time destined to be eternal as a perpetual covenant a perpetual statute.
Literally true with respect to the decrees of the Supreme Being.
2. Continuing or continued without intermission uninterrupted as a perpetual stream the perpetual action of the heart and arteries.
3. Permanent fixed not temporary as a perpetual law or edict perpetual love or amity, perpetual incense. Exodus 30
4. Everlasting endless.
Destructions are come to a perpetual end. Psalms 9
5. During the legal dispensation. Exodus 29
Perpetual curacy, is where all the tithes are appropriated and no vicarage is endowed.
Perpetual motion, motion that generates a power of continuing itself forever or indefinitely, by means of mechanism or some application of the force of gravity not yet discovered,and probably impossible.
Perpetual screw, a screw that acts against the teeth of a wheel and continues its action without end.
The King James Bible has stood its ground for nearly 400 years. However, during that time the English language has changed, and with it the meanings of some words it used. Here are more than 6,500 words whose definitions have changed since 1611.Wikipedia
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