omnisufficiencyn.
/ˌɒmnᵻsəˈfɪʃnsi/, U.S. /ˈˌɑmnəsəˈfɪʃənsi/, /ˈˌɑmnisəˈfɪʃənsi/ Now rare.
The quality or fact of being sufficient in all respects.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > all-sufficiency
omnisufficiency1577
all-sufficiency1581
omnisufficience1660
all-sufficiencea1711
1577 W. Fulke Confut. Doctr. Purgatory 97 Wilt thou neuer acknowledge the omnisufficiency of the benefite of mans redemption by the sonne of God?
1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden Ep. Ded. sig. C2v A great Pontife or Demy-god in omnisufficiencie thou wouldst enstall him.
1603 J. Florio in tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. iii. Ep. Ded. sig. Rr2 Not onely our princely Mother of Magnificence, omnisufficiencie, but..you my five honoured Schollers..are the purest, finest, and clearest speakers [of French, Italian, etc.].
a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1959) IV. 330 To love our selves, to be satisfied in our selves, to finde an omni-sufficiency in our selves, is an intrusion, an usurpation upon God.
1844 J. Ayre in J. Ayre tr. T. Becon Catech. & Other Pieces Index 655 The omnisufficiency of his [sc. Christ's] sacrifice.
1876 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. 2nd Ser. 142 Amid the pedantic farrago of his omni-sufficiency (to borrow one of his own words) we come suddenly upon passages whose..purity of diction reminds us of Landor.
1998 L. E. Goodman Judaism i. 5 The rationales of its [sc. popular consent's] omnisufficiency smack of the law courts or their atria: ‘if Smith agreed to this, he has no one to blame but himself.’
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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