pleroma


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pleroma /pləˈrəʊmə/
noun
  • 1 (in Gnosticism) the spiritual universe as the abode of God and of the totality of the divine powers and emanations.
  • 2 (in Christian theology) the totality or fullness of the Godhead which dwells in Christ.
– derivatives
pleromatic adjective.
– origin C18: from Gk plērōma ‘that which fills’, based on plere ‘to fill’.
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