kenosis

ke·no·sis

noun \kə-ˈnō-səs, kē-\

Definition of KENOSIS

: the relinquishment of divine attributes by Jesus Christ in becoming human

— ke·not·ic \-ˈnä-tik\ adjective

Origin of KENOSIS

Late Greek kenōsis, from Greek, action of emptying, from kenoun to purge, empty, from kenos empty

First Known Use: 1873

Other Christian Religious Terms

Pentateuch, blasphemy, curate, doxology, eremite, iconoclasm, liturgy, orison, pneuma, reliquary

Rhymes with KENOSIS

cirrhosis, hypnosis, lordosis, meiosis, miosis, mitosis, narcosis, necrosis, neurosis, orthosis, osmosis, prognosis, psychosis, sclerosis, stenosis, thrombosis