omnipotency

English

Etymology

From Late Latin omnipotentia.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɒmˈnɪpətənsi/

Noun

omnipotency (countable and uncountable, plural omnipotencies)

  1. Omnipotence. [from 15th c.]
    • 1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, Oxford: Printed by Iohn Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 216894069; The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd corrected and augmented edition, Oxford: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, 1624, OCLC 54573970:
      , III.2.1.i:
      he is of that power, majesty, omnipotency, and dominion, that no creature can withstand him.
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