omnipotence

[ om-nip-uh-tuhns ]
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noun
  1. the quality or state of being omnipotent.

  2. (initial capital letter) God.

Origin of omnipotence

1
First recorded in 1560–70; from Late Latin omnipotentia, from Latin omnipotent-, stem of omnipotēns “all-powerful” (see omnipotent ) + -ia -y3; see -ence

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How to use omnipotence in a sentence

  • The obstinacy of this prince defeats, in ten successive trials, the divine omnipotence, of which Moses is the depositary.

    Letters To Eugenia | Paul Henri Thiry Holbach
  • His pride and self-confidence were deeply wounded;—his wife's elderly aunt did not believe in his omnipotence!

    A Hoosier Chronicle | Meredith Nicholson
  • Besides, in respect to this omnipotence, we shall have to distinguish possibility from actualization, present or future.

    Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 3 | Plotinos (Plotinus)
  • But how vain are the calculations of the greatest human intellects, when put in opposition to the overruling will of omnipotence!

  • From the omnipotence of Parliament the colonists appealed to the rights of man and the omnipotence of the God of battles.

    Orations | John Quincy Adams