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immortals

adjective

not mortal; not liable or subject to death; undying: our immortal souls.
remembered or celebrated through all time: the immortal words of Lincoln.
not liable to perish or decay; imperishable; everlasting.
perpetual; lasting; constant: an immortal enemy.
of or relating to immortal beings or immortality.
(of a laboratory-cultured cell line) capable of dividing indefinitely.

noun

an immortal being.
a person of enduring fame: Bach, Milton, El Greco, and other immortals.
the Immortals, the 40 members of the French Academy.
(often initial capital letter) any of the gods of classical mythology.

pl n

(sometimes not capital) the gods of ancient Greece and Rome
(in ancient Persia) the royal bodyguard or a larger elite unit of 10 000 men
the members of the French Academy

adjective

not subject to death or decay; having perpetual life
having everlasting fame; remembered throughout time
everlasting; perpetual; constant
of or relating to immortal beings or concepts

noun

an immortal being
(often plural) a person who is remembered enduringly, esp an authorDante is one of the immortals

adj.

“deathless,” late 14c., from Latin immortalis “deathless, undying,” from assimilated form of in- “not, opposite of” (see in- (1)) + mortalis “mortal” (see mortal (adj.)). In reference to fame, literature, etc., attested from 1510s (a sense also found in classical Latin). As a noun, from mid-17c.