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ubiety|juːˈbaɪɪtɪ|
[ad. mod.L. *ubietās, f. L. ubi ubi.]
Condition in respect of place or location; local relationship; whereness.
1674N. Fairfax Bulk & Selv. 77 Being no wayes beclam'd with body as to ubiety or whereness. 1686H. More Real Pres. 25 To make a body in this sense independent of Place or Ubiety, is as unconceivable as to make it independent of Time. 1733Watts Scheme Ontol. xii, Of time, and place, and ubiety. 1834Southey Doctor cxcii. (1848) 509 O Soul of Sir John Cheke, thou wouldst have led me out of my way, if that had been possible,—if my ubiety did not so nearly resemble ubiquity. 1855Bailey Mystic, etc. 81 Vervain and magic haschisch, which endows Thought with ubiety. 1866R. Hobson Chas. Waterton iv. 92 Notwithstanding her uncertain tenure of ubiety,..she [the coot] patiently yielded to her lot. |