omnisovereignty

English

Etymology

omni- +‎ sovereignty

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɒmˈnɪˈsɒv.ɹən.ti/, /ɒmˈnɪˈsɒv.ɹɪn.ti/
• Hyphenation: om‧ni‧sov‧e‧reign‧ty

Noun

omnisovereignty (uncountable)

1. (rare) Unlimited, unconditional sovereignty, often attributed to a supreme being.
   • 1889, Firoz Jamaspji Dastur Jamasp Asa, Philosophy of the Mazdayasnian Religion Under the Sassanids‎^[1], page 22:

     The attribute of vispokhutáyîh, "the supreme sovereignty," "omnisovereignty," if we may coin a word, agrees very nearly with this attribute.

   • 1951, Earl Ray Sikes, Contemporary Economic Systems‎^[2], Holt, page 147:

     In addition to the influence of the older socialist movement and of syndicalism, the anticollectivist theories of Gilbert K. Chesterton and Hilaire Belloc, the attacks of Father. N. Figgis on the omnisovereignty of the state, and the glorification of medieval institutions — all played their part in the development of guild socialist ideas.

   • 2009, Bulletin du National de Varsovie‎^[3], Le Musée, page 62:

     Number six is a perfect one, denoting the cosmos and the omnisovereignty of God.