as in ancient
dating or surviving from the distant past
the immemorial Alps, where once Hannibal's army marched
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Kevin’s defense of his home was a defense of the memory of his family, and of their immemorial traditions menaced by the ruthless — and rootless — home invaders.
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Gregory M. Collins, National Review, 27 Dec. 2023
Like the schist outcroppings that rear up a couple of blocks away in Central Park, Gang’s mixture of urban attitude and immemorial forms reminds us that even a megalopolis like ours is just a collection of boxes clinging to a very old boulder.
—Curbed, 25 Apr. 2023
Gian Lorenzo’s father, Pietro (1562–1629), was a Florentine sculptor trained in the immemorial Tuscan tradition that put drawing, disegno, at the heart of every artistic endeavor, even the art of living, for disegno could mean a strategy as well as a sketch.
—Ingrid D. Rowland, The New York Review of Books, 27 Apr. 2022
Symbolism: royalty, enlightenment, spirituality, and immemorial.
—Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 21 Jan. 2023
And 2 platoons formed escort to prisoners of war passing through the immemorial shade of the staffroom after the successful action at RAFA.
—Ishion Hutchinson, The Atlantic, 11 Dec. 2022
Aside from the immemorial wonders, Shiraz provided other, less monumental features.
—Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2022
Without thinking, Noonan raised two fingers from the steering wheel in that immemorial gesture of laconic country salute.
—Colin Barrett, The New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2021
Those two monuments were made to feel as immemorial as if they had been created by plate tectonics.
—Elizabeth Alexander, CNN, 30 Sep. 2021
Gregory M. Collins, National Review, 27 Dec. 2023
Like the schist outcroppings that rear up a couple of blocks away in Central Park, Gang’s mixture of urban attitude and immemorial forms reminds us that even a megalopolis like ours is just a collection of boxes clinging to a very old boulder.
—Curbed, 25 Apr. 2023
Gian Lorenzo’s father, Pietro (1562–1629), was a Florentine sculptor trained in the immemorial Tuscan tradition that put drawing, disegno, at the heart of every artistic endeavor, even the art of living, for disegno could mean a strategy as well as a sketch.
—Ingrid D. Rowland, The New York Review of Books, 27 Apr. 2022
Symbolism: royalty, enlightenment, spirituality, and immemorial.
—Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 21 Jan. 2023
And 2 platoons formed escort to prisoners of war passing through the immemorial shade of the staffroom after the successful action at RAFA.
—Ishion Hutchinson, The Atlantic, 11 Dec. 2022
Aside from the immemorial wonders, Shiraz provided other, less monumental features.
—Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2022
Without thinking, Noonan raised two fingers from the steering wheel in that immemorial gesture of laconic country salute.
—Colin Barrett, The New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2021
Those two monuments were made to feel as immemorial as if they had been created by plate tectonics.
—Elizabeth Alexander, CNN, 30 Sep. 2021
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