bilocation

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Without speaking of those faithful stigmata which open or shut according to the Proper of the liturgical year, what is more astounding than the gift of bilocation, the power of doubling oneself, of being in two places at the same time, at the same moment?

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  1. noun Existence or the ability to exist simultaneously in two places.

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  • Without speaking of those faithful stigmata which open or shut according to the Proper of the liturgical year, what is more astounding than the gift of bilocation, the power of doubling oneself, of being in two places at the same time, at the same moment? —  En Route
  • She had the gift of bilocation, appearing in several places at the same time, shedding a trail of delicious fragrance wherever she passed, curing the sick by the Sign of the Cross, scenting out and discerning hidden sins as a hunting dog puts up game, and reading souls And her daughters adored her, wept to see her lead a life which now was one long torment. —  The Cathedral
  • Slide 6: Padre Pio had special gifts of healing, bilocation (being in two places at once), levitation, prophecy, miracles and the ability to live without food or sleep. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • "My dear young friend," I said, when I had tried to answer imperfectly this catechism, "I know you are a saint, and therefore endowed with the privilege of bilocation; but I did not know that you could dictate to six amanuenses at the same time, like Cæsar or Suarez." —  My New Curate
  • On yet another occasion the doctor witnessed the prodigy of the bilocation of Diana by the assistance of a simple magical process, when to his most certain knowledge she was hundreds of leagues away; but the recitations of Doctor Bataille have reduced bilocation to a banality, and a mere reference will suffice. —  Devil-Worship in France or The Question of Lucifer
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/baɪləˈkeɪʃən/
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