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omnipresent, a.|ɒmnɪˈprɛzənt|
[f. med. Schol. L. omnipræsent-em (Du Cange), f. omni- + præsent-em present.]
Present at the same time in all places; everywhere present. a. In the strict or absolute sense; chiefly said of the Deity.
1610Willet Hexapla Dan. 237 It is proper to the diuine nature to be infinite, omnipotent, omnipresent. a1711Ken Christophil Poet. Wks. 1721 I. 426 Thou while below wer't yet on high, By Omnipresent Deity. 1794Coleridge Relig. Musings 105 There is one Mind, one omnipresent Mind, Omnific. 1885L. Abbott in Chr. World Pulpit XXVIII. 179 God is not ubiquitous, but omnipresent, and never through all eternity can you and I be nearer to Him than we are at this moment.
b. In more general or weakened sense.
a1711Ken Hymnarium Poet. Wks. 1721 II. 40 A Spirit in our Bulk resides, Which all our Force corporeal guides; There omnipresent reigns. 1866Geo. Eliot F. Holt xxxi, It was a maxim which he repeated after the great Putty, that a capable agent makes himself omnipresent. 1867Baker Nile Tribut. xix. (1872) 334 The bird is omnipresent.
Hence omnipresentness = omnipresence.
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