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omnipotence

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om⋅nip⋅o⋅tence

  [om-nip-uh-tuhns]
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–noun
1. the quality or state of being omnipotent.
2. (initial capital letter) God.
Origin:
1560–70; < LL omnipotentia, equiv. to L omnipotent- omnipotent + -ia; see -ence
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om·nip·o·tent   (ŏm-nĭp'ə-tənt)   
adj.  Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful. See Usage Note at infinite.
n.  

  1. One having unlimited power or authority: the bureaucratic omnipotents.

  2. Omnipotent God. Used with the.


[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin omnipotēns, omnipotent- : omni-, omni- + potēns, present participle of posse, to be able; see poti- in Indo-European roots.]
om·nip'o·tence, om·nip'o·ten·cy n., om·nip'o·tent·ly adv.
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