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theosis

UK/θiːˈəʊ.sɪs/US/θiˈoʊ.sɪs/

theosis noun: the likeness to or union with God; deification.

Noun

theosis (uncountable)

  1. The likeness to or union with God; deification.
    • For him, theosis or deification was the destination for human salvation, whose attainment Adam’s sin in Eden had imperilled but not rendered impossible;[…]2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years, Viking Press, →ISBN, page 440
  2. (Eastern, Eastern Orthodoxy) The process of attaining this state of union with God.

theosis meaning in Indonesian

theosis in Indonesian

likeness to or union with God
teosis

Origin of theosis

Learned borrowing from Late Latin theōsis, from Koine Greek θέωσις (théōsis).

Words that rhyme with theosis

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Questions about theosis

What does theosis mean?
Theosis means the likeness to or union with God; deification.
What is theosis in Indonesian?
Theosis in Indonesian is teosis. See Theosis meaning in Indonesian.
What part of speech is theosis?
Theosis is a noun.
How do you pronounce theosis?
Theosis is pronounced /θiːˈəʊ.sɪs/ (UK).

Words near theosis in the dictionary

  1. theoryless
  2. theorylessness
  3. theorymonger
  4. theorymongers
  5. Theos
  6. theosis
  7. theosoph
  8. theosophe
  9. theosopher
  10. theosophers
  11. theosophes

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