Meaning & use

Omnificence

noun·Academic

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The quality or power of being able to create anything without limit.

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The poem praises the divine omnificence that brought the universe into being from nothing.

Theologians distinguished omnipotence, the power to do all things, from omnificence, the power to create all things.

A note on using this word

A rare, largely literary and theological term built from Latin 'omni-' (all) and 'facere' (to make).

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