apocatastasis
Restoration, renovation, reestablishmentRestoration, renovation, reestablishment: An apocalypse leading to the remaking of the world rather than a Final Judgment, (Christianity) an Origenist doctrine condemned by the 543 C.E. Synod of Constantinople.
Meaning
4 sensesRestoration, renovation, reestablishment
(countable, especially, rare, uncountable)An apocalypse leading to the remaking of the world rather than a Final Judgment, (Christianity) an Origenist doctrine condemned by the 543 C.E. Synod of Constantinople.
апоката́стасисapokatástasis
(countable, rare, uncountable)The doctrine that all souls will enter heaven or paradise, (Christianity) an Origenist doctrine condemned by the 543 C.E. Synod of Constantinople.
(countable, rare, uncountable)Return to an earlier condition.
(countable, rare, uncountable)Return to the same apparent position, as after a revolution.
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Learned borrowing from Latin apocatastasis, itself from Ancient Greek ἀποκατάστασις (apokaLearned borrowing from Latin apocatastasis, itself from Ancient Greek ἀποκατάστασις (apokatástasis, “restoration, reëstablishment”), from ἀποκαθίστημι (apokathístēmi, “to stand up again”), from ἀπό- (apó-, “back again”) + καθίστημι (kathístēmi, “to set, place, constitute, appoint”), from κατά- (katá-, “down, for”) + ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to set, stand, establish”).
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