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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Ubiquiter, n. [f. as Ubiquitary,n. and adj. Cf. 17th c. Eng. Ubiquitarian (1651), in the following sense.] An adherent of the Lutheran doctrine that Christ's body was ubiquitous or omnipresent; a Lutheran. —1590-1 R. Bruce Serm. 94.
Will ye speare at the Ubiquiter, gif the true bodie of Christ be present? He will say, ‘It is’ a1599 Rollock Wks. II 470.
If one go to Germany, he will be an Ubiquiter, and in Rome a Papist, in Scotland a Christian
