See Also: circumincession(dictionary)

circumincession (iou)



circumincession noun. Also circuminsession. M17.
[medieval Latin circumincessio(n-) (translating Greek perikhoresis going round), formed as CIRCUM- + incessio(n-), from incess- pa. ppl stem of incedere move, proceed: see -ION. Spelling with -s- through misinterpretation as 'reciprocal indwelling'.]
Christian Theology. The reciprocal existence of the persons of the Trinity in one another.