omnipotence
English
Etymology
From Late Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#OMNIPOTENCECategory:English terms derived from Middle English#OMNIPOTENCE omnipotens, from Old FrenchCategory:English terms derived from Old French#OMNIPOTENCE omnipotence, from LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#OMNIPOTENCE omnipotentia.
Pronunciation
Noun
omnipotence (countable and uncountable, plural omnipotences)Category:English lemmas#OMNIPOTENCECategory:English nouns#OMNIPOTENCECategory:English uncountable nouns#OMNIPOTENCECategory:English countable nouns#OMNIPOTENCECategory:English countable nouns#OMNIPOTENCECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#OMNIPOTENCECategory:Pages with entries#OMNIPOTENCECategory:Pages with 2 entries#OMNIPOTENCE
- Unlimited power; commonly attributed to a deity or deities.
- Synonym: omnipotency
- 1976 December 18, Allen Young, “Speaking Out”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 25, page 9:
- One purpose of the Freedom of Information Act is to make our society less of a police state. Until the CIA's omnipotence is seriously challenged, however, the xeroxed papers in my hand have little meaning. For now, they remind me of nothing less than the simple fact that evil forces still control our society.Category:English terms with quotations#OMNIPOTENCE
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Translations
French
Pronunciation
Noun
omnipotence f (plural omnipotences)Category:French lemmas#OMNIPOTENCECategory:French nouns#OMNIPOTENCECategory:French countable nouns#OMNIPOTENCECategory:French entries with incorrect language header#OMNIPOTENCECategory:French feminine nouns#OMNIPOTENCECategory:Pages with entries#OMNIPOTENCECategory:Pages with 2 entries#OMNIPOTENCE
Further reading
- “omnipotence”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.