Elementation
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Instruction in the elements or first principles. uncountable
"For this latter certainly contained the doctrine of the eternal generation of the Logos; and, therefore, it seems likely that the present Apsosles' creed was an introductory, and, as it were, alphabetical, creed for young catechumens in their first elementation."
- 2 The manner in which something is divided into basic elements. uncountable
"Through a systematic elementation of design solutions a large variety of alternatives can be accomplished by manipulating the elements in different combinations."
- 3 The state or act of elementing; the combination of elements to create something. uncountable
"The normal process of elementation is a deposit of the relatively insoluble combinations of these elements by a process of precipitation."
- 4 Coming into existence as an element; substantiation; incorporation. uncountable
"This grand event took place (p. 259) "by the voice of his mighty energy that is, by its melodious sweetness, which was scarcely heard when lo! the dead gleamed into life, and the non-entity which had neither place nor existence flashed like lightning into elementation, and rejoiced into life; and the congealed, motionless shiver warmed into living existence, the destitute nothing rejoiced into being a thousand times more quickly than the lightning reaches its home."
Example
More examples"For this latter certainly contained the doctrine of the eternal generation of the Logos; and, therefore, it seems likely that the present Apsosles' creed was an introductory, and, as it were, alphabetical, creed for young catechumens in their first elementation."
Etymology
From element + -ation.
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