"emanation" in the noun sense
1. emanation
something that is emitted or radiated (as a gas or an odor or a light, etc.)
2. emission, emanation
the act of emitting causing to flow forth
3. emanation, rise, procession
theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost
"the emanation of the Holy Spirit"
"the rising of the Holy Ghost"
"the doctrine of the procession of the Holy Spirit from the Father and the Son"
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