Palingenesia
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˌpæ.lɪn.d͡ʒɪˈniːzɪ.ə/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Palingenesia is a noun meaning Rebirth; regeneration.
Meaning
Rebirth; regeneration.
Example Sentences
The palingenesia, then, of the individual issues in resurrection.
All work is as seed sown; it grows and spreads, and sows itself anew, and so, in endless palingenesia, lives and works.
The palingenesia having its first and last cause, as palingenesia, in the Incarnation is strictly supercosmic, supernatural, though it presupposes the natural, and like the cosmos has God for its first and last cause.
The Greek word, palingenesia, is only twice used in the New Testament; namely, here and at Titus iii. 5., and it is in both places translated “regeneration,” a word used, I believe, in no other part of our version of the Scriptures.
Word Forms
- palingenesias
Synonyms for palingenesia
Depending on context, synonyms include palingenesis.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include palingeny, palingenesis, gainbirth, regenesis, regeneration, rebirth.
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