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Definition of Oneness

1. Noun. The quality of being united into one.

Definition of Oneness

1. n. The state of being one; singleness in number; individuality; unity.

Definition of Oneness

1. Noun. State of being one or undivided; unity. ¹

2. Noun. The product of being one or undivided. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Oneness

1. unity [n -ES] - See also: unity

Lexicographical Neighbors of Oneness

Literary usage of Oneness

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

1. The Methodist Review (1872)
"Descent from a single pair may not be necessary to oneness of nature, oneness of rights, and oneness of destiny. The most unflinching advocates of slavery ..."

2. Report of the 1st-22d Annual Lake Mohonk Conference on International (1912)
"He proclaimed the oneness of the world of humanity and the greatest peace. ... Among those people the utmost of love and oneness of peace now obtain, ..."

3. Pragmatism, a New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking: Popular Lectures on by William James (1921)
"It is so difficult to see definitely what absolute oneness can mean, ... The oneness of things, superior to their many- ness, you think must also be more ..."

4. Millennial Dawn by Charles Taze Russell, Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society (1899)
"Here the oneness of the Church, for which the Lord prayed, is specifically stated to be exactly the same as the oneness between the Father and the Son. ..."

5. Some Problems of Philosophy: A Beginning of an Introduction to Philosophy by William James (1911)
"These results are what the oneness of the Universe is known-as. They are the oneness, Summary pragmatically considered. A world coherent in any of these ..."

6. Select Treatises of S. Athanasius, Archbishop of Alexandria, in Controversy by Athanasius, John Henry Newman (1844)
"oneness between Them is in nature, because oneness in operation. ... one" is explained as oneness of will by It is here contrasted to the Church's S. ..."

7. Select Treatises of S. Athanasius, Archbishop of Alexandria, in Controversy by Athanasius, John Henry Newman (1844)
"oneness between Them is in nature, because oneness in operation. ... one" is explained as oneness of will bj doctrine, and connected with the word explains ..."

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