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Palamism

Palamism noun: the beliefs and practices of the Palamites.

Noun

Palamism (uncountable)

  1. The beliefs and practices of the Palamites.
    • The last years of the empire witnessed in Palamism a great revival of mystical personal religion.1949, English Historical Review, 64, p. 505
    • The victory of Palamism in the fourteenth century was therefore the victory of a specifically Christian, God-centered humanism for which the Greek patristic tradition always stood.1974, John Meyendorff, Byzantine theology: historical trends and doctrinal themes, I. v., p. 78

Origin of Palamism

From Palamite + -ism, a technical term in the field of Church history coined in the mid 20th century.

Questions about Palamism

What does Palamism mean?
Palamism means the beliefs and practices of the Palamites.
What part of speech is Palamism?
Palamism is a noun.

Words near Palamism in the dictionary

  1. Palamedean
  2. Palaming
  3. palamino
  4. palaminos
  5. Palamis
  6. Palamism
  7. Palamite
  8. Palamites
  9. Palamitic
  10. Palamitism
  11. palamkeen

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