univocous

Adjective

univocal (not comparable)

1. (rhetoric) Having only one possible meaning.
   • There were, he argued, some words, such as ‘fat’ or ‘exhausted’, that could not apply to God, but if such terms as ‘being’, ‘goodness’ or ‘wisdom’ were not univocal of God and creatures, ‘one could not naturally have any concept of God – which is false.’1999, Karen Armstrong, The Case for God, Vintage, published 2010, page 146

   Synonyms:

   definite

2. Containing instances of only one vowel; univocalic.
   • Eunoia is a univocal lipogram — an anomalous narrative, in which each vowel appears by itself in its own chapter, telling a story in its own voice.2000, Gail Scott, Robert Glück, Camille Roy, Biting the Error: Writers Explore Narrative
3. Having unison of sound, as the octave has in music.
4. Having always the same drift or tenor; uniform; certain; regular.
   • But I am much pleased at the repetition of the divine favour to you in the like instances; that God hath given you another testimony of his love to your person, and care of your family ; it is an engagement to you of new degrees of duty, which you cannot but superadde to the former, because the...1657, Jeremy Taylor, Evelyn Memoirs, volume II, page 119
5. Unequivocal; indubitable.
   • There is no blessed soul goes to heaven but he makes a general joy in all the mansions where the saints do dwell, and in all the chapels where the angels sing ; and the joys of religion are not univocal, but productive of rare and accidental and preternatural pleasures ; for the music of holy hymns...1651–1653, Jer[emy] Taylor, ΕΝΙΑΥΤΟΣ [Eniautos]. A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Richard Royston […], published 1655, →OCLC

   Synonyms:

   undoubtable, self-evident

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