单词 | almightiness |
释义 | almightinessn. The quality or fact of being almighty; omnipotence. Also in weakened sense: prevailing strength, supremacy. ΘΚΠ society > authority > power > [noun] > infinite power almightinesslOE almightiheada1425 omnipotencea1460 omnipotencya1525 omnipotency1604 omnivalence1607 all-powerfulness1614 all-potency1642 almightyship1663 omnipotentness1727 lOE King Ælfred tr. St. Augustine Soliloquies (Vitell.) (1922) ii. 59 Ne getweoge ic nawuht be Godes æcnesse and be hys ælmihtihnesse. c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 119 (MED) If summe were preservid fro þis deeþ by þyn almyȝtynes, lord god. a1450 De Oblacione Iugis Sacrificii (Titus) l. 3286 in Wks. Lollard Preacher (2001) 241 Þo þat saueren (or vndurstonden) aftur God taken þe uerri almyȝtinesse of God as f[o]r þe grettist argument of al þinggis þat ben sen vnbeleueful to men. 1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) ii. 229 Whiche byleue not that the almyghtynesse of god myghte do suche thynges. a1569 M. Coverdale Fruitful Lessons (1593) To Rdr. sig. ¶2v Sweet contemplation & beholding of Gods Almightinesse. a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1956) VIII. 57 In these subsidiary gods, these occasional gods, there could be no Omnipotence, no Almightinesse. 1651 Bp. J. Taylor XXVIII Serm. xxiii. 292 To provoke God..to defie his Almightinesse. 1742 L. Brown tr. J. B. Bossuet Hist. Variations Protestant Churches I. ii. 75 Jesus..exerts his almightiness over the whole universe. 1810 R. Southey Curse of Kehama xxiv. 264 Vain his almightiness, for mightier pain Subdued all power. 1877 J. M. Charlton In Mem. 10 To unite our puny powers with his Almightiness. 1902 Catholic World May 203 The majesty and roaring of the sea gives her a lively sense of God's almightiness. 1997 Village Voice (N.Y.) 7 Oct. 87/1 American almightiness and American artistic triumph had been accidents of World War II. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.lOE |
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