supralocaladj.
/ˌsuːprəˈləʊkl/, /ˌsjuːprəˈləʊkl/, U.S. /ˌsuprəˈloʊk(ə)l/ Not confined to a single place; (in early use) spec. (esp. with reference to Christ's presence in the Eucharist) that transcends place or location (now rare).
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1852 A. P. Forbes Explan. Nicene Creed viii. 146 Immensity..and supralocal existence, are the qualities of the true God.
1852 A. P. Forbes Explan. Nicene Creed xiii. 227 The supralocal Presence of His Body in the Sacrament of the Altar.
1890 J. Simon Eng. Sanitary Inst. xv. 426 If local anarchies are to be avoided, certain powers to restrain, and certain powers to propel, must be reserved (expressly or implicitly) as supra-local.
1904 Church Q. Rev. Jan. 395 Roman Catholic divines have maintained the supra-local character of the presence of Christ in the Sacrament.
1983 P. E. W. Roberts in S. Clark & J. S. Donnelly Irish Peasants ii. 79 An impressive degree of supralocal cooperation.
2001 M. Salman Embarrassment of Slavery vii. 125 There were no territorial or stable supralocal polities in the precolonial Philippines.
Derivatives
ˌsupraˈlocally adv. in a supralocal manner.
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1860 W. Henderson et al. Theol. Def. Bishop of Brechin 30 My belief, as I have stated is, that the Body and Blood of Christ being present Sacramentally and supralocally, but really, and so,..Christ Himself.
1897 A. G. Mortimer Catholic Faith & Pract. I. xv. 222 He is not even present ‘locally’, that is after the order of space, but supra-locally, after a manner which transcends space.
1987 Legislative Stud. Q. 12 379 The West German state and national election system lends itself more to a supralocally organized campaign structure.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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