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ubiquitary en · ADJ

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin ubīquitārius.

Meanings

  1. (archaic, not-comparable) Ubiquitous.
    • For wealth and an ubiquitary commerce, none can exceed her 1640, I. H. [i.e., James Howell], ΔΕΝΔΡΟΛΟΓΊΑ [DENDROLOGIA]. Dodona’s Grove, or, The Vocall Forrest, London: […] T[homas] B[adger] for H. Mosley [i.e., Humphrey Moseley] […], →OCLC:

Deriveds

ubiquitariness

ubiquitary en · NOUN

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin ubīquitārius.

Meanings

  1. One who exists everywhere.
    • I doe vviſh my ſelfe ſometime an Vbiquitarie for their loue, in good faith. 1599 (first performance), B. I. [i.e., Ben Jonson], The Comicall Satyre of Euery Man out of His Humor. […], London: […] [Adam Islip] for William Holme, […], published 1600, →OCLC, Act II, scene i, signature F iij, recto:
  2. (historical) A ubiquitarian.
    • To conclude, either [Thomas] Aquinas is falſe, or the Papiſts Vbiquitaries. 1614, Jos[eph] Hall, “No Peace with Rome. […]. Section 18. Concerning the Multi-presence of Christs Body..”, in A Recollection of Such Treatises as Haue Bene heretofore Seuerally Published and are Nowe Reuised, Corrected, Augmented. […], London: […] [Humfrey Lownes] for Arthur Iohnson, Samuel Macham and Laurence Lisle, published 1615, →OCLC, page 877:

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