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omnipotent
om·ni·po·tent
adjective
What it means
- Having unlimited power, force or authority.
, omnivalent
3 more examples
Near-synonyms: plenipotent, plenipotentiary, omnicompetent
And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mightie thundrings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Revelation 19:6All the spirits of the elements bowed down before him; but the future was still hidden from his eyes, and Death was omnipotent.
1832, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Heath's Book of Beauty, 1833, The Enchantress, pages 16–17Synonyms: almighty, all-powerful, plenipotent, plenipotentiary, omnicompetent
- archaicArrant.
In a sentence
, omnivalent
Where it comes from
- Latinomnipotēns, omnipotentem
- Old Frenchomnipotent
- Middle Englishomnipotent(e)
- Englishomnipotent
Inherited from Middle English omnipotent(e), from Old French omnipotent, from Latin omnipotēns, omnipotentem.
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