beknowing

English

Etymology

From beknow +‎ -ing.

Noun

beknowing (plural beknowings)

  1. Confession; acknowledgement.
    • 2000, Robert Clark, My Grandfather's House:
      But self-consciousness is also a gift, the capacity to perceive ourselves and creation in relation to each other, to practice the "beknowing" I spoke of in reference to my medieval ancestors and to see the evidences through which God manifests Himself in the world.

Verb

beknowing

  1. Present participle of beknow.
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