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Webster 1913 Edition


Ubiquity

U-biq′ui-ty

(ū̍-bĭk′wĭ-ty̆)
,
Noun.
[L.
ubique
everywhere, fr.
ubi
where, perhaps for
cubi
,
quobi
(cf.
alicubi
anywhere), and if so akin to E.
who
: cf. F.
ubiquité
.]
1.
Existence everywhere, or in all places, at the same time; omnipresence;
as, the
ubiquity
of God is not disputed by those who admit his existence
.
The arms of Rome . . . were impeded by . . . the wide spaces to be traversed and the
ubiquity
of the enemy.
C. Merivale.
2.
(Theol.)
The doctrine, as formulated by Luther, that Christ’s glorified body is omnipresent.

Webster 1828 Edition


Ubiquity

UBIQ'UITY

,
Noun.
[L. ubique, every where.] Existence in all places or every where at the same time; omnipresence. The ubiquity of God is not disputed by those who admit his existence.