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omnipotence

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om·nip·o·tence

[om-nip-uh-tuhns]
noun
1.
the quality or state of being omnipotent.
2.
(initial capital letter) God.

Origin:
1560–70; < Late Latin omnipotentia, equivalent to Latin omnipotent- omnipotent + -ia; see -ence
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Example Sentences
  • Kids knew better: action comics conjured visions of omnipotence in a gaudy world where bad grown-ups got what was coming to them.
  • Central bankers have never had any illusions of their own omnipotence.
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omnipotent (ɒmˈnɪpətənt)
 
adj
1.  having very great or unlimited power
 
n
2.  the Omnipotent an epithet for God
 
[C14: via Old French from Latin omnipotens all-powerful, from omni- + potens, from posse to be able]
 
om'nipotence
 
n
 
om'nipotently
 
adv

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omnipotence
1560s, from L.L. omnipotentia, from omnipotentem (see omnipotent).
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