sempiternum
sempiternum sempit<e>;rnAm. Obs.
L. sempiternum, neut. of sempiternus sempitern. A quality of woollen cloth
made in the 17th c. and similar to perpetuana. Cf. everlasting sb. - 1633 in Naworth Househ. Bks. (Surtees) 295 For o
ne yearde and a halfe of Sempiternum iiij. vjd.
- 1633 in Naworth Househ. Bks. 300.
- 1665 Brathwait Comm. Two Tales 65 She would have her Husband's Life of any Stuff rather than Perpetuano or Se
mpiternum.