Ubiquity
u·biq·ui·ty
[yoo-bik-wi-tee]
noun
1.
the state or capacity of being everywhere, especially at the same time; omnipresence: the ubiquity of magical beliefs.
2.
( initial capital letter ) Theology . the omnipresence of God or Christ.
Origin:
1570—80; < Neo-Latin ubiquitÄs, equivalent to Latin ubÄ«qu ( e ) everywhere + -itÄs -ity
ubiquitous
– adj
having or seeming to have the ability to be everywhere at once; omnipresent
[C14: from Latin ubīque everywhere, from ubī where]
u'biquitously
– adv
u'biquity
– n
u'biquitousness
– n
ubiquity
1579, from M.Fr. ubiquité (17c.), from L. ubique "everywhere," from ubi "where" (see ubi) + que "any, also, ever," a suffix that can give universal meaning to the word it is attached to. Originally a Lutheran theological position maintaining the omnipresence of Christ.
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