Definition of All-powerful

1. Adjective. Having unlimited power.

Exact synonyms: Almighty, Omnipotent
Similar to: Powerful
Derivative terms: Almighty, Omnipotence

Definition of All-powerful

1. Adjective. Having unlimited power; omnipotent. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of All-powerful

all-knowing
all-mains(a)
all-night
all-night-man
all-nighter
all-nighters
all-or-none law
all-or-nothing
all-or-nothing phenomenon
all-out
all-outer
all-over
all-over oneself
all-overish
all-overishness
all-powerful (current term)
all-purpose
all-round
all-round(a)
all-round education
all-rounder
all-rounders
all-seater stadium
all-seeing
all-star
all-terrain bike
all-time
all-trans-retinal
all-trans retinoic acid
all-up

Literary usage of All-powerful

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Principles of International Law by Thomas Joseph Lawrence (1895)
"... Roman Empire to the Reformation — it was deemed that the relations of states must be The Emperor was such a superior while the Empire was all-powerful. ..."

2. Chips from a German Workshop by Friedrich Max Müller (1870)
"The once all-powerful organ of the Jesuits, the ' Journal de Trevoux, ' has long ceased to exist, and even to be remembered; the ' Journal des Savants' ..."

3. Famous Composers and Their Works by John Knowles Paine, Theodore Thomas (1891)
"Liberty is no longer more than a name, and everything is regulated by an inflexible and all-powerful authority. Very naturally art feels the effects of this ..."

4. Six Months in America by Godfrey Thomas Vigne (1833)
"... that all his good resolutions would vanish at the approach of want. prisoner a forced to commune with bis own soul: the all-powerful voice of ridicule ..."

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