pluripresence

English

Etymology

From pluri- +‎ presence.

Noun

pluripresence (uncountable)

1. Presence in more than one place.

   Synonym: multipresence

   • 1791, James Boswell, “[1773]”, in James Boswell, editor, The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. […], volume I, London: […] Henry Baldwin, for Charles Dilly, […], →OCLC, page 419:

     [Augustus] Toplady. "Does not the invocation of ſaints ſuppoſe omnipreſence in the ſaints?" [Samuel] Johnson. [I]t ſuppoſes only pluripreſence; and when ſpirits are diveſted of matter, it ſeems probable that they ſhould ſee with more extent than when in an embodied ſtate.["]

Related terms

• omnipresence

References

• “pluripresence”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.