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apocatastasis.

Restoration, renovation, reestablishment

13 characters6 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. Restoration, renovation, reestablishment An apocalypse leading to the remaking of the world rather than a Final Judgment, (Christianity) an Origenist doctrine condemned by the 543 C.E. Synod of Constantinople.

    countable · especially · rare · uncountable
  2. Restoration, renovation, reestablishment The doctrine that all souls will enter heaven or paradise, (Christianity) an Origenist doctrine condemned by the 543 C.E. Synod of Constantinople.

    countable · rare · uncountable
  3. Restoration, renovation, reestablishment Return to an earlier condition.

    countable · rare · uncountable
  4. Restoration, renovation, reestablishment Return to the same apparent position, as after a revolution.

    countable · rare · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Learned borrowing from Latin apocatastasis, itself from Ancient Greek ἀποκατάστασις (apokatástasis, “restoration, reëstablishment”), from ἀποκαθίστημι (apokathístēmi, “to stand up again”), from ἀπό- (apó-, “back again”) + καθίστημι (kathístēmi, “to set, place, constitute, appoint”), from κατά- (katá-, “down, for”) + ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to set, stand, establish”).

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