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n. - The quality of being in or of the upcoming period of time; The time yet to come.

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Usage examples (28)
  • I am the celestial Spirit to whom eternal futurity is known.
  • As for futurity, that is a sealed book which no man hitherto has been able to open.
  • Distance of place always supposes the existence of the things that so differ: futurity, which is
  • On the third point: hope implies a defect, namely the futurity of blessedness, which will cease when blessedness is present.
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