Definition of "immortality"

immortality

/ˌɪmɔːˈtæləti/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural immortalities
1. (religion, mythology, biology) The condition of being immortal.
  1. Never dying
    Quotations
    In the little, as in the great things of life, are to be found the type and sign of our immortality. Every hope that looks forward is pledge of the hereafter to which it refers. Who rests content with the present? None. We have all deep within us a craving for the future.
    1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Marriage Morning”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], page 201
  2. Being remembered forever
    Quotations
    You have to salute Gerrard's bravery in accepting the challenge of trying to turn Rangers around given that he has zero experience in senior management. Immortality beckons if he does it.
    2018 May 4, Tom English, “Steven Gerrard: A 'seriously clever or recklessly stupid' Rangers appointment”, in BBC Sport‎