Definition of immemorial in English:

immemorial

adjective ɪmɪˈmɔːrɪəlˌɪ(m)məˈmɔriəl

Originating in the distant past; very old.
太古的，古老的
an immemorial custom
古老的习俗。
Example sentencesExamples
- The more you experience this contrast and this distance, the more you will feel the importance, for us, of an immemorial past and a distant future.
- This isn't to say that the artists who broke with their immemorial tradition did so all at once, or that, having done so, they created nothing beautiful.
- In fact we have a long tradition of protecting nature and have protected reserves from times immemorial.
- Because they will be part of that immemorial conversation of humankind about how we shall live.
- For example, we are already seeing nostalgic laments of the loss of the immemorial rights of Internet users.
- Carefully placed to capture and reflect light, water softens and cools the interior in the immemorial Hispanic tradition.
- Now add the many sayings of immemorial antiquity, although the early bird getting a worm for his punctuality is hardly inspirational imagery for those among us with more discriminating palates.
- On the one hand, he conceded that the old rites had the weight of immemorial tradition behind them, and no doubt propitiated malevolent spirits.
- The jigsaw fairy lights appeared ephemeral; the dark, immemorial and timeless.
- By the will of God, these days add to your immemorial past, your share of glory and victory.
- Paradoxically, this immemorial and ubiquitous trauma is perpetuating the dream of an eternal and perfectly just, that is, paradisical life.
- Storytelling and religion are depicted as legitimizing existing power relations by appealing to the sanctity of immemorial traditions.
- The right is ‘to indulge in lawful sports and pastimes’ while avoiding the need to prove an immemorial custom or legal origin which would establish a class A or class B green.
- Their crucial years between adolescence and adulthood are spent in some of the most moving buildings in England, surrounded by beautiful gardens and immemorial traditions.
- Noah and his family understood this dependency on other living creatures when they devised the ark and its immemorial zoo.
- We yearn, with that immemorial human ache, to find someone to blame - but whom?
- Our ancestors from times immemorial used this prehistory track as they travelled with their flocks and it is thought to have been the route taken by the early travellers to Stonehenge.
- But my London love - just like my London hate - is no mere catalogue of pursuits: it's a sense of belonging to a vast agglomeration of almost immemorial human desire, ambition and endeavour.
- Zola's cheese shop was aptly set in the new market halls, built in the 1850s, for it depicted modern commerce and not immemorial rural custom.
- Awarded the Military Cross, he took lives to save others, contributing to the ‘long-famous glories, immemorial shames of war’.
Synonyms
ancient, old, very old, age-old, antediluvian, timeless, dateless, archaic, long-standing, long-lived, time-worn, time-honoured
ancestral, traditional, atavistic
of yore, rooted in the past

Derivatives

immemorially

adverb

There are good psychological and symbolic reasons why some parties want the cattle to be prehistoric and immemorially wild, but the scientific studies do not bear out these claims.
Example sentencesExamples
- Only by understanding the nature of traditional architecture, honed immemorially by humankind's relationship to nature, can we begin to make sustainable buildings.
- It has immemorially in Europe been the business of monarchs and their servants, and history has largely been the narrative of their doings.
- At times there is an overpowering sense of Eden to Angkor-the virgin light falling through the trees, the houses on stilts above the green paddies, the water buffalo chomping along immemorially beside Tonle Sap lake.
- But Physiocrats argued that freedom would create greater abundance, thereby banishing the fears immemorially associated with famine.

Origin

Early 17th century: from medieval Latin immemorialis, from in- 'not' + memorialis 'relating to the memory'.

Rhymes

accessorial, accusatorial, advertorial, ambassadorial, arboreal, armorial, auditorial, authorial, boreal, censorial, combinatorial, consistorial, conspiratorial, corporeal, curatorial, dictatorial, directorial, editorial, equatorial, executorial, gladiatorial, gubernatorial, imperatorial, janitorial, lavatorial, manorial, marmoreal, memorial, monitorial, natatorial, oratorial, oriel, pictorial, piscatorial, prefectorial, professorial, proprietorial, rectorial, reportorial, sartorial, scriptorial, sectorial, senatorial, territorial, tonsorial, tutorial, uxorial, vectorial, visitorial

Definition of immemorial in US English:

immemorial

adjectiveˌɪ(m)məˈmɔriəlˌi(m)məˈmôrēəl

Originating in the distant past; very old.
太古的，古老的
an immemorial custom
古老的习俗。
Example sentencesExamples
- Now add the many sayings of immemorial antiquity, although the early bird getting a worm for his punctuality is hardly inspirational imagery for those among us with more discriminating palates.
- Paradoxically, this immemorial and ubiquitous trauma is perpetuating the dream of an eternal and perfectly just, that is, paradisical life.
- We yearn, with that immemorial human ache, to find someone to blame - but whom?
- But my London love - just like my London hate - is no mere catalogue of pursuits: it's a sense of belonging to a vast agglomeration of almost immemorial human desire, ambition and endeavour.
- This isn't to say that the artists who broke with their immemorial tradition did so all at once, or that, having done so, they created nothing beautiful.
- The more you experience this contrast and this distance, the more you will feel the importance, for us, of an immemorial past and a distant future.
- By the will of God, these days add to your immemorial past, your share of glory and victory.
- Awarded the Military Cross, he took lives to save others, contributing to the ‘long-famous glories, immemorial shames of war’.
- The jigsaw fairy lights appeared ephemeral; the dark, immemorial and timeless.
- The right is ‘to indulge in lawful sports and pastimes’ while avoiding the need to prove an immemorial custom or legal origin which would establish a class A or class B green.
- Zola's cheese shop was aptly set in the new market halls, built in the 1850s, for it depicted modern commerce and not immemorial rural custom.
- Storytelling and religion are depicted as legitimizing existing power relations by appealing to the sanctity of immemorial traditions.
- Their crucial years between adolescence and adulthood are spent in some of the most moving buildings in England, surrounded by beautiful gardens and immemorial traditions.
- Because they will be part of that immemorial conversation of humankind about how we shall live.
- Carefully placed to capture and reflect light, water softens and cools the interior in the immemorial Hispanic tradition.
- For example, we are already seeing nostalgic laments of the loss of the immemorial rights of Internet users.
- On the one hand, he conceded that the old rites had the weight of immemorial tradition behind them, and no doubt propitiated malevolent spirits.
- Our ancestors from times immemorial used this prehistory track as they travelled with their flocks and it is thought to have been the route taken by the early travellers to Stonehenge.
- Noah and his family understood this dependency on other living creatures when they devised the ark and its immemorial zoo.
- In fact we have a long tradition of protecting nature and have protected reserves from times immemorial.
Synonyms
ancient, old, very old, age-old, antediluvian, timeless, dateless, archaic, long-standing, long-lived, time-worn, time-honoured

Origin

Early 17th century: from medieval Latin immemorialis, from in- ‘not’ + memorialis ‘relating to the memory’.

词汇	immemorial
释义	Definition of immemorial in English: immemorial adjective ɪmɪˈmɔːrɪəlˌɪ(m)məˈmɔriəl Originating in the distant past; very old. 太古的，古老的 an immemorial custom 古老的习俗。 Example sentencesExamples The more you experience this contrast and this distance, the more you will feel the importance, for us, of an immemorial past and a distant future. This isn't to say that the artists who broke with their immemorial tradition did so all at once, or that, having done so, they created nothing beautiful. In fact we have a long tradition of protecting nature and have protected reserves from times immemorial. Because they will be part of that immemorial conversation of humankind about how we shall live. For example, we are already seeing nostalgic laments of the loss of the immemorial rights of Internet users. Carefully placed to capture and reflect light, water softens and cools the interior in the immemorial Hispanic tradition. Now add the many sayings of immemorial antiquity, although the early bird getting a worm for his punctuality is hardly inspirational imagery for those among us with more discriminating palates. On the one hand, he conceded that the old rites had the weight of immemorial tradition behind them, and no doubt propitiated malevolent spirits. The jigsaw fairy lights appeared ephemeral; the dark, immemorial and timeless. By the will of God, these days add to your immemorial past, your share of glory and victory. Paradoxically, this immemorial and ubiquitous trauma is perpetuating the dream of an eternal and perfectly just, that is, paradisical life. Storytelling and religion are depicted as legitimizing existing power relations by appealing to the sanctity of immemorial traditions. The right is ‘to indulge in lawful sports and pastimes’ while avoiding the need to prove an immemorial custom or legal origin which would establish a class A or class B green. Their crucial years between adolescence and adulthood are spent in some of the most moving buildings in England, surrounded by beautiful gardens and immemorial traditions. Noah and his family understood this dependency on other living creatures when they devised the ark and its immemorial zoo. We yearn, with that immemorial human ache, to find someone to blame - but whom? Our ancestors from times immemorial used this prehistory track as they travelled with their flocks and it is thought to have been the route taken by the early travellers to Stonehenge. But my London love - just like my London hate - is no mere catalogue of pursuits: it's a sense of belonging to a vast agglomeration of almost immemorial human desire, ambition and endeavour. Zola's cheese shop was aptly set in the new market halls, built in the 1850s, for it depicted modern commerce and not immemorial rural custom. Awarded the Military Cross, he took lives to save others, contributing to the ‘long-famous glories, immemorial shames of war’. Synonyms ancient, old, very old, age-old, antediluvian, timeless, dateless, archaic, long-standing, long-lived, time-worn, time-honoured ancestral, traditional, atavistic of yore, rooted in the past Derivatives immemorially adverb There are good psychological and symbolic reasons why some parties want the cattle to be prehistoric and immemorially wild, but the scientific studies do not bear out these claims. Example sentencesExamples Only by understanding the nature of traditional architecture, honed immemorially by humankind's relationship to nature, can we begin to make sustainable buildings. It has immemorially in Europe been the business of monarchs and their servants, and history has largely been the narrative of their doings. At times there is an overpowering sense of Eden to Angkor-the virgin light falling through the trees, the houses on stilts above the green paddies, the water buffalo chomping along immemorially beside Tonle Sap lake. But Physiocrats argued that freedom would create greater abundance, thereby banishing the fears immemorially associated with famine. Origin Early 17th century: from medieval Latin immemorialis, from in- 'not' + memorialis 'relating to the memory'. Rhymes accessorial, accusatorial, advertorial, ambassadorial, arboreal, armorial, auditorial, authorial, boreal, censorial, combinatorial, consistorial, conspiratorial, corporeal, curatorial, dictatorial, directorial, editorial, equatorial, executorial, gladiatorial, gubernatorial, imperatorial, janitorial, lavatorial, manorial, marmoreal, memorial, monitorial, natatorial, oratorial, oriel, pictorial, piscatorial, prefectorial, professorial, proprietorial, rectorial, reportorial, sartorial, scriptorial, sectorial, senatorial, territorial, tonsorial, tutorial, uxorial, vectorial, visitorial Definition of immemorial in US English: immemorial adjectiveˌɪ(m)məˈmɔriəlˌi(m)məˈmôrēəl Originating in the distant past; very old. 太古的，古老的 an immemorial custom 古老的习俗。 Example sentencesExamples Now add the many sayings of immemorial antiquity, although the early bird getting a worm for his punctuality is hardly inspirational imagery for those among us with more discriminating palates. Paradoxically, this immemorial and ubiquitous trauma is perpetuating the dream of an eternal and perfectly just, that is, paradisical life. We yearn, with that immemorial human ache, to find someone to blame - but whom? But my London love - just like my London hate - is no mere catalogue of pursuits: it's a sense of belonging to a vast agglomeration of almost immemorial human desire, ambition and endeavour. This isn't to say that the artists who broke with their immemorial tradition did so all at once, or that, having done so, they created nothing beautiful. The more you experience this contrast and this distance, the more you will feel the importance, for us, of an immemorial past and a distant future. By the will of God, these days add to your immemorial past, your share of glory and victory. Awarded the Military Cross, he took lives to save others, contributing to the ‘long-famous glories, immemorial shames of war’. The jigsaw fairy lights appeared ephemeral; the dark, immemorial and timeless. The right is ‘to indulge in lawful sports and pastimes’ while avoiding the need to prove an immemorial custom or legal origin which would establish a class A or class B green. Zola's cheese shop was aptly set in the new market halls, built in the 1850s, for it depicted modern commerce and not immemorial rural custom. Storytelling and religion are depicted as legitimizing existing power relations by appealing to the sanctity of immemorial traditions. Their crucial years between adolescence and adulthood are spent in some of the most moving buildings in England, surrounded by beautiful gardens and immemorial traditions. Because they will be part of that immemorial conversation of humankind about how we shall live. Carefully placed to capture and reflect light, water softens and cools the interior in the immemorial Hispanic tradition. For example, we are already seeing nostalgic laments of the loss of the immemorial rights of Internet users. On the one hand, he conceded that the old rites had the weight of immemorial tradition behind them, and no doubt propitiated malevolent spirits. Our ancestors from times immemorial used this prehistory track as they travelled with their flocks and it is thought to have been the route taken by the early travellers to Stonehenge. Noah and his family understood this dependency on other living creatures when they devised the ark and its immemorial zoo. In fact we have a long tradition of protecting nature and have protected reserves from times immemorial. Synonyms ancient, old, very old, age-old, antediluvian, timeless, dateless, archaic, long-standing, long-lived, time-worn, time-honoured Origin Early 17th century: from medieval Latin immemorialis, from in- ‘not’ + memorialis ‘relating to the memory’.
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