Definition of Omniscience

1. Noun. The state of being omniscient; having infinite knowledge.

Generic synonyms: State
Specialized synonyms: God's Wisdom
Derivative terms: Omniscient

Definition of Omniscience

1. n. The quality or state of being omniscient; - - an attribute peculiar to God.

Definition of Omniscience

1. Noun. The capacity to know everything. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Omniscience

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Omniscience

omnipotences
omnipotencies
omnipotency
omnipotent
omnipotently
omnipotents
omnipresence
omnipresences
omnipresency
omnipresent
omnipresential
omniprevalent
omnirange
omniranges
omniscent
omniscience (current term)
omnisciences
omnisciency
omniscient
omnisciently
omniscious
omnisentience
omnisentient
omnishambles
omnispective
omnitheism
omnitheist
omnitheists

Literary usage of Omniscience

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

1. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Samuel Johnson (1810)
"omniscience OF THE SUPREME BEING, A POETICAL ESSAY. To the most reverend his grace ttie lord archbishop of Canterbury ; this poetical essay on the ..."

2. The Being of God as Unity and Trinity by Peter Henry Steenstra (1891)
"THE attribute of omniscience, the last of those that present serious difficulties, ... omniscience is God's perfect knowledge of all that is or can be, ..."

3. Thoughts and Extracts on Christ and His Kingdom Come by Juliette Alexander (1916)
"Second — The Omnipotence, omniscience and Omnipresence of God can be clearly understood, only when it is known what order is, and when it is known that God ..."

4. The Works of the Rev. Daniel Waterland: To which is Prefixed a Review of the by Daniel Waterland, William Van Mildert (1856)
"Whether the Father's omniscience and eternity are not one, and the same with the Son's, being alike described, and in the same phrases f See the text above, ..."

5. Natural Theology by William Paley (1826)
"Very much of the same sort of remark is applicable to the term " omniscience," infinite knowledge, or infinite wisdom. In strictness of language, ..."

6. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding by John Locke (1894)
"... cannot rise into consciousness without being blended with the simple ideas which they then enable us to interpret. VIII. FAITH INSTEAD OF omniscience ..."

7. Systematic Theology: A Compendium and Commonplace-book Designed for the Use by Augustus Hopkins Strong (1886)
"omniscience. By this we mean God's perfect and eternal knowledge of all things which are ... (a) The omniscience of God may be argued from his omnipresence, ..."

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