EMANATION

emission, emanation

(noun) the act of emitting; causing to flow forth

emanation, rise, procession

(noun) (theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost; “the emanation of the Holy Spirit”; “the rising of the Holy Ghost”; “the doctrine of the procession of the Holy Spirit from the Father and the Son”

emanation

(noun) something that is emitted or radiated (as a gas or an odor or a light, etc.)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

From emanate.

Noun

emanation (countable and uncountable, plural emanations)

The act of flowing or proceeding from a source or origin.

That which issues, flows, or proceeds from any object as a source; efflux; an effluence.

(uncountable, obsolete, chemistry) The element radon.

(theology) The generation of the Son and the procession of the Holy Spirit, as distinct from the origination of created beings.

Anagrams

• anamniote

Source: Wiktionary


Em`a*na"tion, n. Etym: [L. emanatio: cf. F. émanation.]

1. The act of flowing or proceeding from a fountain head or origin. South. Those profitable and excellent emanations from God. Jer. Taylor.

2. That which issues, flows, or proceeds from any object as a source; efflux; an effluence; as, perfume is an emanation from a flower. An emanation of the indwelling life. Bryant.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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