noun ·4 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The nontrinitarian doctrine that God, who is one person, has three modes of divine revelation (the Father, Son, and Spirit), contrary to the orthodox belief that the three persons are all fully God. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From modal + -ism.

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