omnipresence 
Omnipresence (om-ni-prc/.'ens), . [= Sp. <>;- 
ni/iri-Ki'iii'in = It. uimii>r<wn~a, < Ml., 'own/ 
/iril'XI-lllia, < <llltl/i)lftl-xi i'\ I -I". olni|>resenl : SIM' 
uiimiiin */ lit.] The quality of being omnipres- 
ent; presence in iill places simultaneously; un- 
bounded <)i- universal presence. In theology, the 
doi:trinu of Oixl'H (irnniprrsriire is lliu duclrine that the 
Deity is rHseatially iin-srnt r\ rrywtu-ru ami hi all things, 
as opposi-tl MM the oni- ]j;unl ti> (h pantheism which iilca 
titles him with nil things, and on the other to the notion 
which limits him t.. ].:. lili' . 
His initnijn-entHce tills 
t.iinil, sra, anil air. Mill,,n, V. L., xi. :t)fl. 
omnipresencyt (om-ni-prc/'cn-si), . [As ;- 
iiijiri^i'in-i (sec -'//).] Same as nn/in/irrxr/m; 
Ih-. II. Mori; Antidote against Atheism, App., 
iii. 
omnipresent (om-ni-pras'gnt). a. [< ML. /- 
iii/irii'xrii(l-)>t. present everywhere, < Ij.omim. 
all, + />rit'xt>i(/-)x, [iresent : nee /invent.] Pres- 
ent in all places at tho same time ; everywhere 
present. 
The soul is not omnipreeent In Its body, as we conceive 
God to be in tho universe. 
Lotze, Microcosmus (trans.), I. 2t>7. 
omnipresential (mn ni-pre-zen'shal), a. [< 
onmi/im-i'tin (ML. "oii/n/jira.'ncntia) + -/.] Im- 
plying universal presence. South. [Kare.] 
omniprevalent (om-ni-prev'a-leut), a. [< L. 
omnix, all, + pravalen(t-)e, prevalent: seeprcva- 
/<>i/.] 1. Prevalent everywhere. 2. All-pre- 
vailing: predominant; of 'wide influence. Ful- 
In; Worthies, Surrey, III. 210. 
onmiregencyt ("in-ni-re'jen-ui), n. [< L. amain, 
all, + ML. reijcutia, government: see regency.] 
Government overall; universal dominion. i)p. 
Hacket, Abp. Williams, i. 38. 
omniscience (om-nish'ens), n. [=F. onmixi -a lire 
= Sp. Pg. oinitixi'iri/cta = It. MMiMfMM. < ML. 
otiutiscicntia, all-knowledge, < inimiscirii(t-)n, 
all-knowing: see omniscient.] 1. Infinite know- 
ledge ; the quality or attribute of fully knowing 
all things: an attribute of God. 
It was an instance of the Divine <nnnincicitce, who could 
pronounce concerning accidents at distance, as if they were 
present. Jet. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835X I. 300. 
Hence 2. Very wide or comprehensive know- 
ledge ; a knowledge of everything. 
omnisciencyt (om-nish'en-si), H. [As oiimix- 
cii-nrc (see -//).] Same ;is omniscience. 
omniscient (om-nish'ent), <i. [= F. uumlxcii ui 
= Sp. Pg. uuiiiixciriite, < ML. <imiii,icicn(t-)ii, all- 
knowing, < L. omiiix, all, + ncien(t-)n, knowing: 
see scir nt, science.] All-knowing; possessing 
knowledge of all things; having infinite or uni- 
versal knowledge: as, God only is omniscient. 
Whatsoever is known is some way present; and that 
which is present cannot but be known by him who is am- 
nutrient. South. 
omnisciently (om-iiish'ent-li), adi; By or with 
omniscience; as one possessing omniscience. 
omniscioust (om-nish'us), a. [= Sp. It. om- 
nixcio, < LL. uiimincius, all-knowing, < L. oiinii.i. 
all, + scire, know: see science.'] All-knowing; 
omniscient. 
I dare not pronounce him vintiisciou*, that being an at- 
tribute Individually proper to the Uodnead. 
HakewUl, Apology. 
Omnispectivet (om-ni-spek'tiv), it. [< L. unmix. 
all, + xpeccre, pp. spcctus, see : see spectacle.] 
Able to see all things ; beholding everything. 
Hoi/xi; The Only Wish. 
omnisumcient (orn'ni-su-fish'ent), . [< L. um- 
nix, all. + xiiflii-ii'n'j-).-.; sufficient: see sufficient.] 
All-sufficient. [Rare.] 
One, alone and MMtaflitat 
J. Bradford, Works (Parker Soc., 1853X II. 277. 
omnium (om'ni-um), H. [L., of all, gen. pi. of 
omiiix, all: see omni/ms.] 1. On the Stock Ex- 
change, the aggregate value of the different 
stocks in which a loan is funded. M'Cttoch. 
2. A ]>iet-e of furniture with open shelves for 
receiving ornamental articles, etc. 3. That 
which occupies the thoughts to the exclusion 
of all else. 
My only wish at present, my ninimiia, as I may call it. 
Caiman, Clandestine Marriage, iv. 
omnium-gatherum (om'ni-um-gaTH'e-rum), H. 
[Dog-Latin, 'a gathering or collection of every- 
thing': L. omnium, of everything, of all things 
(see omnium}; i/utlicrinn. a feigned noun of L. 
form, < E. i/atlm; ("i. oimiii/iitliiriiiii.] A mis- 
cellaneous collection of tilings or persons; a 
confused mixture or medley. [Colloq.] 
omnivagant (om-mv'a-gtint), a. [< L. unmix. 
all, + ivif/ninM.v, ppr. ui' niiiari, wander: see 
niijrant. Cf. L. uiiiiiirdijiix. < unmix, all. + rn- 
4107 
.'/'"'', wander.] Wandering any where and every- 
where. [Kare.] 
omnivalencet (iini-mv'a-lens), . [<L. onmini- 
li n( ' t-)x + -n . \ Omnipotence. Dories, Summa 
Totalis (15CO-1618), p. 17. 
omnivalentt (om-uiv'a-lent), a. [< L. omnis, 
all, + i'iilcii(t-)K, ppr. of valcre, be strong: see 
1'ii/iil.'] All-powerful; omnipotent. /iitrirx, 
Holv Roode, p. 12. 
omnividence (om-niv'i-dens), . [< L. unmix, 
all, + riileit(t-)s, ppr. of ridere, see: see vision.] 
The faculty of seeing everything, or of perceiv- 
ing all things. 
Its high and lofty claims of omniscience, amniridmee, 
etc. A. T. Schofeld, Another World (1888X p. 81. 
omnividency (om-niv'i-<len-si), n. [Asomnift- 
ilt-iicc (see -cy).] Same as omnicidence. Fuller, 
Worthies, x. 
Omnivora (om-niv'6-rii), . pi. [NL., neut. pi. 
of L. ownit'orMx,all-dev6uring: see omnivorous.] 
In mammal., the non-ruminant or omnivorous 
artiodactyl ungulate quadrupeds, as pigs and 
hippopotamuses ; a division of Artiodactyta con- 
trasting with I'ecora or Kuminnntiii. They have 
the stomach imperfectly septate, the molar teeth tuber- 
culiferoua, and the lower canines differentiated, often de- 
veloped as tusks. The odontoid process of the axis is 
conical. There are 4 families of living Oinnivora, namely 
Hippopotamidtt, Phacochoeridce, Suidce, and Dicotylidte. 
omnivorous (om-niv'o-rus), a. [< L. omniro- 
rus, all-devouring, < omnig, all, + vorare, de- 
vour.] All-devouring; eating food of every 
kind indiscriminately; specifically, of or per- 
taining to the Omnivora: as, omnivorous ani- 
mals: often used figuratively: as, an omnivo- 
rous reader. 
omnivorousness (om-niv'o-rus-nes), . The 
habit or character of being omnivorous. 
omobyoid (6-mo-hi'oid), a. and . [< Gr. 
u/)f, the shoulder, + E. hyoid.] I. a. Per- 
taining to the shoulder-blade or scapula and to 
the lingual or hyoid bone ; omohyoidean. 
II. . The omohyoid muscle. In man the omo- 
hyold Is a slender ribbon-like muscle which arises from 
the upper border of the scapula at the suprascapular 
notch, and is inserted into the body of the hyoid bone. It 
is a digastric muscle, having two fleshy bellies with an in- 
tervening tendon, which is bound down by an aponeurotlc 
loop. The muscle passes obliquely downward and out- 
ward on the front and side of tne neck, and is an impor- 
tant surgical landmark. It divides the anterior surgical 
triangle of the neck into a superior and inferior carotid 
triangle, in either of which the carotid artery may be 
reached ; and after emerging from beneath the sterno- 
mastoid muscle it similarly divides the posterior triangle 
into the snboccipital and supraclavlcular triangles. See 
li i -it cut under muscle. 
omohyoidean (6'mo-hi-oi'de-an), a. [<omoA//- 
uid + -c-an.] Same as omoliyoid. 
omohyoideus (6'mo-hi-oi'de-us), . ; pi. omo- 
kyoiaei (-i). Same as omohyoid. 
ompideum (o-moi'de-um), .; pi. omoidea (-a). 
[NL., < Gr. w/iof, the shoulder, + ciiof, form.] 
The true pterygoid bone of the skull of a bird, 
articulated behind with the quadrate and in 
front with the palate-bone : so called by some 
writers, who erroneously name a descending 
process of the palate ptcryijoid. process. See 
pterygoid. 
omophagia (6-mo-fa'ji-a), . [NL., < Gr. <J,uoc, 
raw, + fyaytiv, eat.] The eating of raw food, 
especially raw flesh. 
omophagic (6-mo-faj'ik), a. [< omopkaffla + 
-ic.] Of or pertaining to omophagia ; practis- 
ing omophagia. 
omophagOUS (o-mof'a-gus), a. [< omophagia + 
-onx.~] Omophagic. 
omophagus (o-mof'a-gus), n. [NL., < Gr. i>u6r, 
raw, + $a}eiv, eat.]" One who eats raw food. 
omophorion (6-mo-fo'ri-on), n. ; p_l. omopliorin 
(-&). [ML. omopnorium ; < MGr. upnbopiav (see 
def.), < Gr. <j/wc, the shoulder, + ij>tpnv = E. 
6eorl.] In the Gr. Ch., a vestment correspond- 
ing to the Latin pallium, but broader, and tied 
about the neck in a knot. It i worn above the 
Iihcnnlion by bishops and patriarchs during the celebra- 
tion of the liturgy or eucharist. See pain and mafon. 
omoplate (6'mo-plat), . [= F. omoplate = Sp. 
PJJ. oiojilnti>,< Gr. it/tttK\&m, the shoulder-blade, 
< I'MOC, shoulder, + ir)A-n/, the flat surface of a 
liudy: see jilat?, plate.] The shoulder-blade 
or scapula. 
There Is an ailing in this amaplate 
May clip my speech nil too abruptly close. 
Whatever the good-will in me. 
Brntrlriny, Ring and Book, I. 205. 
omoplatOSCOpy (6-mo-pla't6-sko-pi), ii. [< Gr. 
UIID-'/IITI/, the shoulder-blade, + -anoxia, < mo- 
ireiv, view.] A kind of divination by means 
of the scapula or shoulder-blade. Also called 
omphalic 
omostegite (ii-tnus't.'-.jit i, . [< (ir. uiiof, the 
shiinlilei. + o-Vf joy, roof.] That part of thecara- 
].aee n|' a i-rustai-t-nn which covers the thorax; 
aposteriordivision of the carapace, in any Hay 
distinguished from the anterior division or 
cephalostegite. See cuts uudi-r l>ni>hniii ami 
OmOStemal (o-ino-ster'iiHl), <l. [< O>,K,X/I , mini 
+ -nl.] Of or pertaining to the ouiosternum. 
omosternum (6-mo-ster'num), n. ; pi. omoxter- 
na (-ntL). [NL., < Gr. u/iof, the shoulder, + 
arcpvov, the chest.] A median ossification de- 
ft 9C 
Sternum (t fi and Pectoral Arch of Frog, from atiove (cartilaginous 
parts dotted),showtng0.jr,theomosteniiim,nn<l J.r/, the xtphivternum: 
s.tc, right iMiprascapula (the left removed to show sf, scapula ; fjc, 
prescapular process: ft, glenoid ; cr, coracoid ; t.c r , epicoracoid ; cr.f, 
coracoid fontanelle, bounded in front by a bar, the prccoracoid, bear- 
ing the clavicle). 
veloped in connection with the coracoscapular 
cartilages of a batrachian, supposed to repre- 
sent the interclavicle of some other animals. 
See also cut under interclavicle. 
omothyroid (6-mo-thi'roid), . [< Gr. <Vof, the 
shoulder, + E. thyroid.] An anomalous slip 
from the omohyoid muscle to the superior 
cornu of the thyroid cartilage. 
omotocia (6-mo-to'si-fi), n. [NL., < Gr. ufurronia, 
miscarriage, < <w<if, raw, immature, + -roxi'a, < 
riiereiv, TCKtlv, bnng forth.] In med., abortion. 
omphacine (om'fa-sin), a. [< Gr. ofi^aKivof, 
made of unripe grapes, < o/u/xif, unripe fruit.] 
Pertaining to or expressed from unripe fruit. 
Omphacine oil, a viscous brown juice extracted from 
green olives. 
omphacite (om'fa-sit), . [< Gr. o/i^aninK, of 
unripe fruit (applied to wine made of unripe 
grapes), < 6/ajia^ (o^^xuc-), unripe fruit : see om- 
phacine.] A leek-green mineral related to py- 
roxene: it occurs in the garnet rock called eclo- 
gite. Also written omphazitf. 
omphacomelt (om-fak'o-mel), n. [< LL. omplta- 
cumel, < Gr. b[utKiK6/jefa,' a drink made of unripe 
grapes and honey, < fy^o, unripe fruit, + /MI, 
honey.] A syrup made of the juice of unripe 
grapes and honey. 
To make mnphacamtl [ME. hawy-mrfaire\ : take six pints 
of half-ripe grapes and two of honey well pounded, and 
leave it forty days under the beams of the sun. 
Palladiiu, Husbondrie (E. E. T. 8.), p. 178, note. 
Omphalaria (om-fa-la'ri-a), n. [NL., < Gr. au- 
0o/<ii', the navel: see um/ihalog.] A genus of 
gymnocarpous lichens with a frutieulose or fo- 
liaceous thallus, which is attached to the sub- 
stratum at only one point, small subglobose 
apothecia more or less immersed in the thallus. 
and simple, decelerate, ellipsoid spores. 
Omphalariea (om*fa-la-ri'e-e), w. pi. [NL., < 
Omphalaria + -c:] A division of gymnocar- 
pous lichens, ty])ified by the genus Omphalaria. 
Omphalarlei (om'fa-la-ri'e-i), . pi. [NL., < 
Om/ilifilaria +-iei.] -Same as Ompnalariea: 
omphalarieine (omfa-la-ri'e-in), a. [< Om- 
phahirie<r + -wr'A] In but., belonging to or 
resembling the Omjilialariea; or the genus Om- 
phalaria. 
Omphalea (om-fa'le-S), w. [NL. (Linneeus, 
1767), so called from the form of the anthers; 
< Gr. b/i<t>a/j>f, the navel: see umpliulox.] A 
genus of climbing shrubs, or less often diffuse 
trees, of the order /-,'/i/i"i />""'', the tribe l'n>- 
tuitrir, and the snbtribe Hippoiinnna; It is char- 
acterized by the male flowers having two or three stamens 
and four or five broad imbricated sepals. There are 8 spc- 
rlr-. ne in Madagascar, the others in tropical America. 
They bear large alternate leaves, and paniclesof monojcionn 
flowers composed of little rymose clusters. See cobnut and 
pignut. 
omphalelcosis (om fa-lei-ko'sisu . fNL.. < 
Gr. buQa/i'ir, the navel. + ftnuair. ulceratioii.] 
Inputho/.. ulceratioii of the umbilicus. 
Omphalic (om-fal'ik), . [< (Jr. iiuoa'/mm-, < nii- 
QaMf, the navel: see omphalos.] Pertaining to 
the navel; umbilical. 
