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multiˈpresence
[ad. mod.L. multipræsentia: see multi- and presence.]
The fact or faculty of being present in many places at once.
1614Bp. Hall No Peace with Rome §17 That exploded opinion of transubstantiation, and (which is the root of it) the multi-presence of Christs body. 1727De Foe Hist. Appar. iv. (1840) 31 He has invisibility and multipresence, as a spirit has. 1885Schaff Christ & Christ. 75 The mediæval schoolmen .. ascribe .. a miraculous multipresence to his body and blood in the sacrament of the altar.
So multiˈpresent a., having the property of multipresence.
1882–3Schaff's Encycl. Relig. Knowl. III. 2415/2 The glorified body is not omnipresent, but multipresent. |