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theosis

noun
/θiːˈəʊ.sɪs/UK/θiˈoʊ.sɪs/US

Etymology

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

  1. derived from θέωσις
  2. learned borrowing from theōsis

Definitions

  1. The likeness to or union with God

    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;[…]

  2. The process of attaining this state of union with God.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for theosis. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA