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English Dictionary: Ubiquity by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ubiquity
n
  1. the state of being everywhere at once (or seeming to be everywhere at once)
    Synonym(s): ubiquity, ubiquitousness, omnipresence
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ubiquity \U*biq"ui*ty\, n. [L. ubique everywhere, fr. ubi where,
      perhaps for cubi, quobi (cf. alicubi anywhere), and if so
      akin to E. who: cf. F. ubiquit[82].]
      1. Existence everywhere, or in places, at the same time;
            omnipresence; as, the ubiquity of God is not disputed by
            those who admit his existence.
  
                     The arms of Rome . . . were impeded by . . . the
                     wide spaces to be traversed and the ubiquity of the
                     enemy.                                                --C. Merivale.
  
      2. (Theol.) The doctrine, as formulated by Luther, that
            Christ's glorified body is omnipresent.
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