Associations to the word «Emanation»

Wiktionary

EMANATION, noun. The act of flowing or proceeding from a fountain head or origin.
EMANATION, noun. That which issues, flows, or proceeds from any object as a source; efflux; an effluence.
EMANATION, noun. (uncountable) (obsolete) (chemistry) The element radon.

Dictionary definition

EMANATION, noun. Something that is emitted or radiated (as a gas or an odor or a light, etc.).
EMANATION, noun. The act of emitting; causing to flow forth.
EMANATION, 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".

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