circumincession

English

Alternative forms

• circuminsession

Etymology

From circum- + Latin incedere, incessum (“to walk”).

Noun

circumincession (usually uncountable, plural circumincessions)

1. (theology) The reciprocal existence in each other of the three persons of the Trinity.

Related terms

• incession

Translations

Translations

Finnish: perikoreesi

See also

• perichoresis

References

• “circumincession”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.