Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
palingenesis .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun See
palingenesis .
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- noun Archaic form of
palingenesis .
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Examples
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About the end of the century they will probably reappear, but as such a phenomenon demand the coincidence of many future contingencies, I think few who live will ever witness this palingenesia.
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And in such a work one of the easiest and most obvious points would be this, -- that the spirit of civilizations has a certain power of changing the form of its body by successive partial rejections and remouldings; and the degree in which they prove capable of this continuous _palingenesia_ is one important measure of their depth and determinant of their duration.
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The Greek word so rendered (palingenesia) is used by classical writers with reference to the changes produced by the return of spring.
Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897
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As the Christian new birth is the beginning of a process in human nature, which is to go on until the consummation of the kingdom of God, the new birth in individuals preparing the way for the new birth of a glorified world, so the Stoic doctrine speaks of a periodike palingenesia ton o'lon, anastoicheiosis.
The Life of Jesus Christ in Its Historical Connexion and Historical Developement. 1789-1850 1870
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Through Christ God purposes to restore or renovate all things; to effect a palingenesia or regeneration of the universe,
A Commentary on the Epistle to the Ephesians 1797-1878 1860
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About the end of the century they will probably reappear, but as such a phenomenon demand the coincidence of many future contingencies, I think few who live will ever witness this palingenesia.
The Physiology of Taste 1755-1826 Brillat-Savarin 1790
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It is by this palingenesia, this regeneration, that the great whole, the mighty macrocosm subsists; who, like the Saturn of the ancients, is perpetually occupied with devouring her own children.
The System of Nature, Volume 2 Paul Henri Thiry Holbach 1756
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* periodike palingenesia ton o'lon, anastoicheiosis: [1492] 1
The Life of Jesus Christ in Its Historical Connexion and Historical Developement. 1789-1850 1870
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"is as seed sown; it growns and spreads, AND SOWS ITSELF ANEW, and so in endless palingenesia lives and works."
An Ethical Problem Or, Sidelights upon Scientific Experimentation on Man and Animals Albert Leffingwell 1880
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"Born again" corresponds with "becoming like children" (Matt., xviii., 3); with palingenesia (Matt., xix.,
The Life of Jesus Christ in Its Historical Connexion and Historical Developement. 1789-1850 1870
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