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Definition

living or existing forever

or:

someone famous throughout history

or:

someone who will never die — such as a mythological god

More rarely, "The Immortals" denotes a military corps of the Persian Empire. The Immortals were so-named because each time a member of the 10,000 man corps was killed or seriously wounded, he was replaced by another man. They are best remembered in western culture for their role in defeating the badly out-numbered Spartans at the Battle of Thermopylae.

Zeus and the other gods were supposed to be immortal.

immortal = to live forever

Shakespeare is one of the immortals.

immortals = people famous throughout history

She believes we have an immortal soul.

immortal = lasting forever

She sought immortality through her writing.

immortality = to live or be famous forever

What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.
Albert Pike
That lady has achieved true immortality, both in the test-tube and in the hearts and minds of scientists the world over,
Rebecca Skloot -- The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

immortality = eternal life (to live forever)

The fame she had described was what all mortals yearn for. It is their only hope of immortality.
Madeline Miller -- Circe

immortality = existing forever

Not in the individual mind, which can make mistakes, and in any case soon perishes: only in the mind of the Party, which is collective and immortal.
George Orwell -- 1984

immortal = exists forever

If the day and the night are such that you greet them with joy, and life emits a fragrance like flowers and sweet-scented herbs, is more elastic, more starry, more immortal, that is your success.
Jon Krakauer -- Into the Wild

immortal = enduring forever

Yes, with Mozart and the immortals.
Hermann Hesse -- Steppenwolf

immortals = people of enduring fame

It makes you feel immortal.
J.D. Robb -- Immortal in Death

immortal = like you will live forever

O how the immortal phantoms crowd around me!
Walt Whitman -- Leaves of Grass

immortal = lasting forever

And because the dead tree was no longer immortal, it was no longer famous, nor was our village.
Amy Tan -- The Bonesetter's Daughter

immortal = living forever

She is not an immortal.
Stephenie Meyer -- Breaking Dawn

immortal = someone who lives forever

You told me the gods made you immortal only so long as you were needed to train heroes.
Rick Riordan -- The Sea of Monsters

immortal = someone who lives forever

It must be so; how could the immortal, collective brain be mistaken?
George Orwell -- 1984

immortal = existing forever

Immortals do not take sick.
Madeline Miller -- Circe

immortals = gods

She is immortal, does she still rule there?
Madeline Miller -- Circe

immortal = lives forever

She fell in love with him and hoped to make him her immortal husband.
Madeline Miller -- Circe

immortal = god

Will they ride griffins and all become immortal?
Madeline Miller -- Circe

immortal = gods

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