circumincession

English

Etymology

circum- + Latin incedere, incessum, to walk.

Noun

circumincession (usually uncountable; plural circumincessions)

  1. (theology) The reciprocal existence in each other of the three persons of the Trinity.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

Last modified on 20 April 2013, at 18:43