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omnipresence

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om⋅ni⋅pres⋅ent

  [om-nuh-prez-uhnt]
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–adjective
present everywhere at the same time: the omnipresent God.
Origin:
1600–10; < ML omnipraesent- (s. of omnipraesēns), equiv. to L omni- omni- + praesent- present 1

Related forms:
om⋅ni⋅pres⋅ence, noun

Synonyms:
Omnipresent, ubiquitous refer to the quality of being everywhere. Omnipresent emphasizes in a lofty or dignified way the power, usually divine, of being present everywhere at the same time, as though all-enveloping: Divine law is omnipresent. Ubiquitous is applied to that which seems to appear in many and all sorts of places, or in an undignified or humorous way is “all over the place,” often when unwanted: A bore seems to be ubiquitous.
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om·ni·pres·ent   (ŏm'nĭ-prěz'ənt)   
adj.  Present everywhere simultaneously.

[Medieval Latin omnipresēns, omnipresent- : Latin omni-, omni- + Latin praesēns, present participle of praeesse, to be present; see present1.]
om'ni·pres'ence n.
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Word Origin & History

omnipresence 
1601, from M.L. omnipræsentia, from omnipræsens, from L. omnis "all, every" (see omni-) + præsens "present."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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