patefaction
patefaction noun: the act of revealing, disclosing, or manifesting; revelation, opening or declaration.
Noun
patefaction (plural patefactions)
- The act of revealing, disclosing, or manifesting; revelation, opening or declaration.
- Spirit of Manifestation or patefaction was like the gem of a wine is or the bud of a rase1651–1653, Jer[emy] Taylor, ΕΝΙΑΥΤΟΣ [Eniautos]. A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Richard Royston […], published 1655, →OCLC
- All revelation is reduced to the patefaction of God in the series of His great redemptive acts, to the exclusion—entire or partial—of revelation by word, which is sometimes represented, indeed, as in the nature of the case impossible.1896, Benjamin B. Warfield, “The Right of Systematic Theology”, in The Presbyterian and Reformed Review, page 422
patefaction meaning in Tamil
patefaction in Tamil
- திற, திறத்தல்
Forms of patefaction
| plural | patefactions |
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Origin of patefaction
From Latin patefactio, from patefacere (“to open”), from patere (“to lie open”) + facere (“to make”).
Questions about patefaction
- What does patefaction mean?
- Patefaction means the act of revealing, disclosing, or manifesting; revelation, opening or declaration.
- What is patefaction in Tamil?
- Patefaction in Tamil is திற, திறத்தல். See Patefaction meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is patefaction?
- Patefaction is a noun.
- What is the plural of patefaction?
- The plural of patefaction is patefactions.
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