pleroma
A plant of the genus PleromaA plant of the genus Pleroma.
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)A plant of the genus Pleroma.
(countable, uncountable)A state of perfect fullness, especially of God's being as incarnated in Jesus Christ.
Pleroma
плеро́маpleróma
(archaic, countable, obsolete, rare, uncountable)Synonym of plerome (“the central portion of the apical meristem in a growing plant root or stem which, according to the histogen theory, gives rise to the endodermis and stele”).
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Origin
Learned borrowing from Late Latin pleroma (“(Gnosticism) spiritual universe seen as the toLearned borrowing from Late Latin pleroma (“(Gnosticism) spiritual universe seen as the totality of the essence and powers of God”), from Koine Greek πλήρωμᾰ (plḗrōmă, “(biblical) perfect fullness”), Ancient Greek πλήρωμᾰ (plḗrōmă, “that which fills, a complement; a filling up, a completing”), from πληρόω (plēróō, “to make full, fill; to complete, finish”) (from πλήρης (plḗrēs, “complete, full”) (from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- (“to fill”)) + -όω (-óō, suffix forming verbs with the sense of making someone be or do something)) + -μᾰ (-mă, suffix forming nouns denoting the result or effect of an action).
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