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omnisovereignty

Syllables: om·ni·sov·e·reign·tyUK/ɒmˈnɪˈsɒv.ɹən.ti/

omnisovereignty noun: unlimited, unconditional sovereignty, often attributed to a supreme being.

Noun

omnisovereignty (uncountable)

  1. (rare) Unlimited, unconditional sovereignty, often attributed to a supreme being.
    • The attribute of vispokhutáyîh, "the supreme sovereignty," "omnisovereignty," if we may coin a word, agrees very nearly with this attribute.1889, Firoz Jamaspji Dastur Jamasp Asa, Philosophy of the Mazdayasnian Religion Under the Sassanids, page 22
    • In addition to the influence of the older socialist movement and of syndicalism, the anticollectivist theories of Gilbert K. Chesterton and Hilaire Belloc, the attacks of Father. N. Figgis on the omnisovereignty of the state, and the glorification of medieval institutions — all played their part in...1951, Earl Ray Sikes, Contemporary Economic Systems, Holt, page 147

Examples of omnisovereignty in a sentence

  • Figgis on the omnisovereignty of the state, and the glorification of medieval institutions — all played their part in the development of guild socialist ideas.1951, Earl Ray Sikes, Contemporary Economic Systems, Holt, page 147:
  • Number six is a perfect one, denoting the cosmos and the omnisovereignty of God.2009, Bulletin du National de Varsovie, Le Musée, page 62:

Origin of omnisovereignty

From omni- + sovereignty.

Questions about omnisovereignty

What does omnisovereignty mean?
Omnisovereignty means unlimited, unconditional sovereignty, often attributed to a supreme being.
How do you use omnisovereignty in a sentence?
Figgis on the omnisovereignty of the state, and the glorification of medieval institutions — all played their part in the development of guild socialist ideas.
What part of speech is omnisovereignty?
Omnisovereignty is a noun.
How do you pronounce omnisovereignty?
Omnisovereignty is pronounced /ɒmˈnɪˈsɒv.ɹən.ti/ (UK).

Words near omnisovereignty in the dictionary

  1. omnisignificance
  2. omnisignificant
  3. omnism
  4. omnisms
  5. omnisovereign
  6. omnisovereignty
  7. omnispatial
  8. omnispatiality
  9. omnispatially
  10. omnispective
  11. omnist

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