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ubiquarian, n. and a.|juːbɪˈkwɛərɪən|
Also 8 ubiquerian.
[f. L. ubīque wherever, anywhere, everywhere.]
A. n.
†1. pl. A society or club existing in the 18th cent. Also attrib. Obs.
1737(title), A modest vindication of the illustrious order of Ubiquarians. Ibid. 23 The Ubiquarian Senate do not yet admit of this Difference. 1755J. Witsell in Connoisseur 27 Nov. 581 Laws, Rules, Regulations, or Orders, shall be formed for the Anti-Gallicans, Ubiquarians, Gregorians, or any private clubs and societies. 1761Ann. Reg., Charac. ii. 51/1 He was a respectable member of the Killers of Care, The Silenians,..Ubiquarians, &c.
2. A person who goes everywhere. rare.
1767Ann. Reg., Charac. 62/2 The English being by their nature Ubiquarians, and seldom in one place long, must have painted canvas as quick as their ideas. 1812Sporting Mag. XL. 281 That sporting ubiquarian, Colonel Thornton.
B. adj.
1. Being or existing, present or found, everywhere; ubiquitous, ubiquitary.
1762Gentl. Mag. Sept. 440/1 Happiness our friend shall be, Ubiquerian deity! 1784Cowper Tiroc. 266 Have ye, ye sage intendants of the whole, An ubiquarian presence and controul. 1819MacCulloch West. Isl. Scot. II. 321 Fingal..the ubiquarian king and warrior is said to have occupied them. 1848Hampden Bampt. Lect. (ed. 3) 147 The Universal Governor, overshadowing all things with the ubiquarian tutelage of his Providence. 1891C. Dixon Idle Hours w. Nat. 108 The ubiquarian House Sparrow has his home amongst the girders of the roof.
2. Met with or experienced everywhere.
1825Monthly Rev. CVI. 490 It will facilitate, also, to men of note, who have occasion to travel, an ubiquarian reception. |