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continuationism

continuationism noun: the concept, especially amongst charismatic Christians, that the works of the Holy Spirit (speaking in tongues, prophecy, healing, and miracles) continue in the modern world.

Noun

continuationism (uncountable)

  1. The concept, especially amongst charismatic Christians, that the works of the Holy Spirit (speaking in tongues, prophecy, healing, and miracles) continue in the modern world.

Antonyms of continuationism

Origin of continuationism

From continuation + -ism.

Questions about continuationism

What does continuationism mean?
Continuationism means the concept, especially amongst charismatic Christians, that the works of the Holy Spirit (speaking in tongues, prophecy, healing, and miracles) continue in the modern world.
What part of speech is continuationism?
Continuationism is a noun.

Words near continuationism in the dictionary

  1. continuation schools
  2. Continuation War
  3. continuation-passing style
  4. continuation-passing styles
  5. continuational
  6. continuationism
  7. continuationist
  8. continuationists
  9. continuations
  10. continuative
  11. continuatively

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