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omnipotence|ɒmˈnɪpətəns|
[ad. late L. omnipotentia, f. omnipotent-em: see -ence. Cf. F. omnipotence (1527 in Hatz.–Darm.).]
The quality of being omnipotent; infinite or unlimited power; almightiness. a. strictly, as an attribute of deity; hence God himself, = ‘the Omnipotent’.
1566Gascoigne Jocasta iii. Chorus, Who thinks that Ioue the maker of vs all,..Hath not in hym omnipotence also To guide and gouerne all things here below? 1602Marston Ant. & Mel. iii. Wks. 1856 I. 36 Tossing up A gratefull spirit to Omnipotence. 1651Hobbes Leviath. ii. xxxi. 187 margin, The Right of Gods Soveraignty is derived from his Omnipotence. 1725Pope Odyss. i. 78 And will Omnipotence neglect to save The suffering virtue of the wise and brave? 1892Westcott Gospel of Life 218 Omnipotence is simply the power of fulfilling the absolute law of perfection as it is realised.
b. gen. as an attribute of persons or things; hence transf. an omnipotent force or agency.
c1590Marlowe Faust. i. 52 Oh, what a world of profit and delight, Of power, of honour, of omnipotence, Is promis'd to the studious artizan! a1674Clarendon Hist. Reb. x. §123 The Omnipotence of an Ordinance of Parliament, confirmed all that was this way done. 1818Byron Ch. Har. iv. xciii, Opinion an omnipotence,—whose veil Mantles the earth with darkness, until right And wrong are accidents. 1889Daily News 3 Apr. 4/8 The omnipotence of Parliament, which means its supremacy over the law. |