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Meaning of UBIQUITY

Pronunciation:  yoob'ikwutee

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 Definition: [n]  the state of being everywhere at once (or seeming to be everywhere at once)
 
 Synonyms: omnipresence, ubiquitousness
 
 See Also: presence

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\U*biq"ui*ty\, n. [L. ubique everywhere, fr. ubi where,
perhaps for cubi, quobi (cf. alicubi anywhere), and if so
akin to E. who: cf. F. ubiquit['e].]
1. Existence everywhere, or in places, at the same time;
   omnipresence; as, the ubiquity of God is not disputed by
   those who admit his existence.

         The arms of Rome . . . were impeded by . . . the
         wide spaces to be traversed and the ubiquity of the
         enemy.                                --C. Merivale.

2. (Theol.) The doctrine, as formulated by Luther, that
   Christ's glorified body is omnipresent.

 

 

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