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ens entium

ens entium noun: the ‘being of beings’; God.

Noun

ens entium (uncountable)

  1. The ‘being of beings’; God.
    • Pythagoras shadowed the truth somewhat neerer, judgeing that the knowledge of this first cause and Ens entium must be undefined, without any prescription or declaration.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC
    • That there exists a superior Ens Entium that form'd [this] wonderful created World is a mathematical Demonstration. That He influences things by a particular Providence is not so evident.1754, Erasmus Darwin, letter, November

Origin of ens entium

From Latin ens (“being”) + entium (“of beings”). Compare ens.

Questions about ens entium

What does ens entium mean?
Ens entium means the ‘being of beings’; God.
What part of speech is ens entium?
Ens entium is a noun.

Words near ens entium in the dictionary

  1. enrounded
  2. enrounding
  3. enrounds
  4. enroute
  5. ens
  6. ens entium
  7. ens reale
  8. Ens.
  9. ENSA
  10. ensaculin
  11. ensafe

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