adv. [f. prec. + -LY2.] a. With equal force or significance; synonymously. † b. Virtually; by means of equivalent expressions; cf. EQUIVALENTLY 2, 3.
1642. J. Eaton, Honey-c. Free Justif., 68. Both expresly and equipollently … he sees no sin in his justified children. Ibid., 282. Evident and plaine, both expresly and equipollently by many places of Scripture.
a. 1677. Barrow, Wks. (1686), II. 498. Both phrases [the spirit of God and the power of God] Saint Paul doth equipollently express by the power of the Holy Ghost.
1817. G. S. Faber, Eight Dissert. (1845), II. 197. Using the two terms, Persians and Barbars, equipollently.
