all-embracing

American  

[awl-em-brey-sing] / ˈɔl ɛmˈbreɪ sɪŋ /

adjective

1. covering or applying to all parts, types, things, or people; all-inclusive or all-encompassing; blanket.

   Revolution, as opposed to reform, is something radical and all-embracing, touching all aspects of society.

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Etymology

Origin of all-embracing

First recorded in 1820–30

Example Sentences

These springs he enumerates in elaborate tables; and glancing over them this morning before getting up, I began with Charity, All-embracing Benevolence, Love of Knowledge, Laudable Ambition, Godly Zeal.

From More Trivia by Smith, Logan Pearsall

There is no "assimilation" of Natural Law; no growth in the Image of "the All-embracing."

From Natural Law in the Spiritual World by Drummond, Henry

All-embracing as the Greek Service Books are, curiously enough, strictly speaking, they contain no Thanksgiving services.

From Hymns from the Morningland Being Translations, Centos and Suggestions from the Service Books of the Holy Eastern Church by Brownlie, John

All-embracing Goethe, remember, was nearly as keen on science as on art.

From And Even Now by Beerbohm, Max, Sir

All-embracing and vast, he was like heaven; deep and active as a fountain, he was like the abyss....

From Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I Essays on the Science of Religion by Müller, F. Max (Friedrich Max)

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