Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

palamism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: palamism
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The beliefs and practices of the Palamites.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The last years of the empire witnessed in Palamism a great revival of mystical personal religion."
"The victory of Palamism in the fourteenth century was therefore the victory of a specifically Christian, God-centered humanism for which the Greek patristic tradition always stood."

Etymology

From Palamite + -ism, a technical term in the field of Church history coined in the mid 20th century.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Palamite

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does palamism mean?: The beliefs and practices of the Palamites.
Where does palamism come from?: From Palamite + -ism, a technical term in the field of Church history coined in the mid 20th century.

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