ubiquitary
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from New Latin ubīquitārius.
Adjective[edit]
ubiquitary (comparative more ubiquitary, superlative most ubiquitary)
- (archaic) ubiquitous
- 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:
- For wealth and an ubiquitary commerce, none can exceed her
Noun[edit]
ubiquitary (plural ubiquitaries)
- One who exists everywhere.
- 1599 (first performance; published 1600), Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Euery Man out of His Humour. A Comicall Satyre. […]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, →OCLC, Act II, scene iii, page 108:
- I doe vviſh my ſelfe ſometime an vbiquitarie for their loue, in good faith.
- (religion, historical) A ubiquitarian.
- 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:
- To conclude, either [Thomas] Aquinas is falſe, or the Papiſts Vbiquitaries.
References[edit]
“ubiquitary”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.