Meanings
plural immanations
- A flowing or entering in.
[…] that the world is immanation, that God is in the thing, and eternally present here, if nowhere else.
1977, Annie Dillard, Holy the Firm1 more example
If we turn to the oldest hypotheses of the East,—to the Vedas of the Bramins and the Zendavesta of the Parsees,— […] we shall find indeed a full acknowledgement of the immortality of the soul, but only upon the sublime and mystical doctrine of emanation and immanation, as part of the great soul of the universe; […]
1826, John Mason Good, “Lecture II. On the Nature and Duration of the Soul, as Explained by Popular Traditions, and Various Philosophical Speculations.”, in The Book of Nature. […], volumes III (Series III. Nature of the Mind: […].), London: […] [A[ndrew] & R[obert] Spottiswoode] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, […], →OCLC, page 35Antonyms: emanation
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA flowing or entering in.
Origin
- Latinmanare“to flow”
- Englishimmanation
From im- (“in”) + Latin manare (“to flow”). Compare mantio (“a flowing”).
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