单词 | omnisufficient |
释义 | omnisufficientadj. Now rare. Sufficient in all respects; that suffices for everything.Used esp. with reference to Christ's redemption of humankind. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > all-sufficient omnisufficient1543 all-sufficient1577 1543 T. Becon New Yeares Gyfte sig. D.vi Take me alone for thy omnisufficient saviour. 1571 Will of Roger Boyden in E. J. Carlson Relig. & Eng. People, 1500–1600 (1998) iii. 182 My alone and omnisufficient saviour Jesus Christ. 1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 7 The supple and tidy constitution of his [sc. Apuleius'] omni-sufficient Witt. 1601 W. Parry New Disc. Trauels Sir A. Sherley 11 The truth thereof..is a warrant omnisufficient for the report. a1625 J. Boys Wks. (1630) 586 His passion was an Omnisufficient sacrifice for the sinnes of the whole world. a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) i. 103 These Staffs princes must lean upon, being..such Masters as are neither omni-sufficient, nor independent. 1992 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 1 Feb. (Floridian section) Multiculturalism is not an effort to eradicate traditional Western culture... It is an effort to challenge its claim to be omnisufficient. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1543 |
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