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emanation

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It hinges on the assumption that the Vatican or its metaphysical emanation, the Holy See, is a state.

I do not know whether the females in this species be subject to the periodical emanation.

I speak of sound as a material emanation, because whatever sound comes to us through the ear comes from some material source.

On his way back he encountered Miss Mercy Chant by the church, from whose walls she seemed to be a sort of emanation.

The peaceful nocturnal roar of the city, dwindling every moment now, reached them like an emanation from another world.

This latter condition saves the Neo-Platonic conception from being a pure system of emanation like some Indian doctrines.

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On this page you'll find 61 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to emanation, such as: beginning, derivation, drainage, effluence, effluent, and efflux.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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