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KENOSIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does kenosis mean?
• KENOSIS (noun)
The noun KENOSIS has 1 sense:
1. the concept of emptying one's own will and receive God's will, in Catholicism
Familiarity information: KENOSIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The concept of emptying one's own will and receive God's will, in Catholicism
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("kenosis" is a kind of...):
cognitive content; content; mental object (the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned)
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