[f. ALMIGHTY + -NESS.] The quality of being almighty, omnipotence.

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a. 1520.  Myrr. our Ladye, 229. Whyche byleue not that the almyghtynesse of God myghte do suche thynges.

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1535.  Coverdale, Is. xlii. 11. Ascribinge almightynes vnto the Lorde.

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1651.  Jer. Taylor, Serm., I. xxiii. 292. To provoke God … to defie his Almightinesse.

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1810.  Southey, Kehama, XXIV. xx. Wks. VIII. 206. Vain his almightiness, for mightier pain Subdued all power.

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1877.  J. M. Charlton, In Mem., 10. To unite our puny powers with his Almightiness.

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