ubiquitarian

/juːˈbɪkwɪˈtɛəɹi.ən/

Etymology

From ubiquity + -arian.

ubiquitarian means any of a group of Lutherans who held that the body of Christ was present everywhere at all times. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 90 out of 100.

Why this word is great

UBIQUITARIAN — [Noun] A member of a 16th-century Lutheran faction who maintained the doctrine of the omnipresence of Christ's physical body in the Eucharist. From ubiquity (from Medieval Latin ubīquitās, "omnipresence") + the suffix -arian (denoting a person who advocates or believes in a particular doctrine). Unlike "ubiquitous" (which describes a profane, ceaseless presence, like advertising or surveillance) or the archaic "ubiquitary" (a mere synonym for an omnipresent entity), the Ubiquitarian wields a precise, scholastic claim of immense tactile consequence. It evokes the scent of heated wax in a cold chapel, the dry rustle of vellum folios weighted with argument, and the palpable pressure of a divine body believed to inhabit every consecrated crumb—the doctrinal consequence of taking a metaphor literally, and finding the universe suddenly, irrevocably full.

noun

Any of a group of Lutherans who held that the body of Christ was present everywhere at all times.