Seculorum
/ˌsɛkjʊˈlɔːrəm/noun
A Latin genitive plural form meaning “of the ages” or “of the world,” used especially in liturgical phrases.
Did you know?In the Christian doxology “in saecula saeculorum,” the phrase literally means “unto the ages of ages,” a grand Latin way of saying forever.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*seh₂i-
“to bind together, hold, or follow in sequence”
Latin
Latin
saeculum
“an age, generation, span of human life, or the world in a temporal sense”
Late Latin
Latin
saeculōrum
“of the ages; of the world (genitive plural)”
Medieval Latin
Latin
in saecula saeculorum
“into the ages of ages; forever”
English
English
seculorum
“a borrowed liturgical Latin form encountered in church usage”