perichoresis

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[per-uh-ker-ee-sis] / ˌpɛr ə kərˈi sɪs /

noun

Christianity. the mutual indwelling or interpenetration of the three Persons of the Trinity without loss of distinctness.

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perichoretic

adjective

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Are not then Trinity, Tri-unity, 'hypostasis, perichoresis, diphysis', and others, excluded?

From The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge by Henry Nelson Coleridge

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