eternal damnation
- n the state of being condemned to eternal punishment in Hell
etd
- n a system for screening luggage in airports; an agent passes a swab around or inside luggage and then runs the swab through a machine that can detect trace amounts of explosives
eternal city
- n capital and largest city of Italy; on the Tiber; seat of the Roman Catholic Church; formerly the capital of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire
eternal rest
- n euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)
eternal sleep
- n euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)
eternity
- n time without end
- n a state of eternal existence believed in some religions to characterize the afterlife
- n a seemingly endless time interval (waiting)