self-existent

American  

[self-ig-zis-tuhnt, self-] / ˈsɛlf ɪgˈzɪs tənt, ˌsɛlf- /

adjective

1. existing independently of any cause, as God.

2. having an independent existence.

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self-existent British  

adjective

1. philosophy existing independently of any other being or cause

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Other Word Forms

• self-existence noun

Etymology

Origin of self-existent

First recorded in 1695–1705

Example Sentences

The king will be the great Unseen and Eternal, the self-existent and self-created Being who rules heaven’s armies and earth’s inhabitants.

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Brahma, the first person in the Hindoo Triad, was the original self-existent being, inappreciable by sense, who commenced the work of creation by creating the waters with a thought, as described in the Institutes of Manu.

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This Supreme Being is alone the Self-existent One, and what are called the properties and modes of inert matter are but the proofs and manifestations of his eternal power and Godhead.

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Why, then, should we be expected to explain where and how and when God came into existence, or how he could have had an eternal existence or be self-existent?

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The lectures are by Professor Flint, who asks: “Have we sufficient evidence for thinking that there is a self-existent, eternal being, infinite in power and wisdom, and perfect in holiness and goodness, the Maker of heaven and earth?”

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