单词 | supernity |
释义 | supernityn. Now rare. The quality or fact of being supernal; exaltedness. Also: a supernal being. ΚΠ 1663 E. Waterhouse Fortescutus Illustratus xxxiv. 420 The greatness of his power will not provoke him to extend it beyond the line of prudence and piety; but so to use the prerogative and participation with supernity that he hath. 1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Supernity,..a being above or aloft. 1788 in Gibbons's Mourning Saint among Willows (rev. ed.) Pref. p. v Our divines have done well to call this knowledge of Christ a saving knowledge: indeed, its super-eminency is a proof of its supernity, and its supernity is a proof of its salvability. 1844 Penny Satirist 15 June 1/1 Mawgnificently tawl, mawdawm, so much so thawt the eye wawnders in thaw mists of supernity in gazing upawn your Majusty's elevation of chawracter. 1892 J. H. King Supernatural II. xix. 261 The one central supernity in which we realize all we and everything are, all we know, all we can ever comprehend. 1913 D. C. Nimmo Civic Songs 96 Immortal Souls that give creation grace, And hopes and dreams of high supernity. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1663 |
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