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Meaning of apocatastasis | Babel Free

Noun feminine CEFR C1
[a.pɔ.kaˈtas.ta.sɪs]

Definitions

  1. restoration, return
    declension-3, feminine
  2. return of the stars to their position of the previous year
    declension-3, feminine
  3. apocatastasis (Origenist doctrine holding that an apocalypse shall remake the world rather than lead to a Final Judgment)
    New-Latin, declension-3, feminine
  4. restoration of a patient to a healthy condition
    New-Latin, declension-3, feminine

Equivalents

Examples

“Resurrectio vocatur Apocatastasis, idest restitutio, quae non est nova formatio, sed reformatio”

The resurrection is called “Apocatastasis.” It is a restoration, not a new formation, but a reformation

“Apocatastasis omnino imperfecte tractata est; in fine ad Origenem relegamur, acsi is unus apocatastasin defenderit aut statuerit.”
“apocatastasis, ἀποκατάστασις, dicitur a verbo ἀποκατάστασις, fignificat reſtitutionem in integrum, ſubſidentiam, ceſſationem, pro ſubjecti, de quo dicitur, conditione.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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