[ UK /ˌɪmɪmˈɔːɹɪəl/ ]
[ US /ˌɪməˈmɔɹiəɫ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. long past; beyond the limits of memory or tradition or recorded history
    time immemorial
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How To Use immemorial In A Sentence

  • Croi from time immemorial had been renowned for its devout and strict observance of papistic rites and ceremonies; the Counts of Nassau had gone over to the new sect -- sufficient reasons why Philip of Croi, Duke of Arschot, should prefer a party which placed him the most decidedly in opposition to the Prince of Orange. History of the Revolt of the Netherlands — Volume 02
  • Our woodcut is taken from the improved model produced by Mr. Stokey; no doubt Mr. Rarey took the idea of his gag-bit from the wooden gag, which has been in use among country farriers from time immemorial, to keep a horse's mouth while they are performing the cruel and useless operation of firing for lampas. A New Illustrated Edition of J. S. Rarey's Art of Taming Horses With the Substance of the Lectures at the Round House, and Additional Chapters on Horsemanship and Hunting, for the Young and Timid
  • Like many men since time immemorial, he is living more in hope than expectation.
  • Sustainability is an old term that has appeared in many guises from time immemorial.
  • From time immemorial our human race has been called a race of wanderers and wayfarers, a restless people forever setting forth in pursuit of a better life.
  • They have been in possession of the island for time immemorial.
  • From time immemorial, in hot and rainy lands, a hypaethral court, either round or square, surrounded by a covered portico, was used for the double purpose of church and mart, — a place where God and Mammon were worshipped turn by turn. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah
  • Though far remote from the ivy chaplet on Wisdom's glorious brow, yet his stump of withered birch inculcates a lesson of virtue, by reminding us, that we should take heed to our steps in our journeyings through the wilderness of life; and, so far as in him lies, he helps us to do so, and by the exercise of a very catholic faith, looks for his reward to the value he supposes us to entertain for that virtue which, from time immemorial, has been in popular parlance classed as next to godliness. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 437 Volume 17, New Series, May 15, 1852
  • No one actually knows when sledging started, but since time immemorial disparaging remarks have been part of the sport in general - and cricket in particular.
  • He's actually turned down groups we've been contributing to from time immemorial. MISS MELVILLE REGRETS
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