† scientivityn.
Obsolete. rare.
The power or faculty of knowing.
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the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > nature or attributes of God > [noun] > knowledge or omniscience
sapiencec1386
omniscience1612
omnisciency1640
Sophia1649
all-knowingness1674
scientivity1677
omniscientness1727
1677 T. Gale tr. T. Bradwardine in Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV ii. 331 The Scientivitie of God [L. scientivitas..Dei] and his Intellect is never satisfied with any finite or infinite number of existent singulars, of any one species, or al.
1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV ii. 332 That God doth not know things future by the Infinitie or Immensitie of his own Scibilitie or Scientivitie.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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