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circuminsession

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cir⋅cum⋅in⋅ces⋅sion

[sur-kuhm-in-sesh-uhn]
–noun Theology.
the reciprocal existence in one another of the three persons of the Trinity.
Also, cir⋅cum⋅in⋅ses⋅sion.


Origin:
1635–45; < ML circumincessiōn- (s. of circumcessiō), equiv. to L circum- circum + ML incessiōn- < L incess(us) (ptp. of incedere to give in, to go along with, equiv. to in- in- 2 + cēd(ere) to go + -tus ptp. suffix) + -iōn- -ion; see cede, cession
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