Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

patefaction

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pate-fac-tion
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of revealing, disclosing, or manifesting; revelation, opening or declaration.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"Spirit of Manifestation or patefaction was like the gem of a wine is or the bud of a rase"
"All revelation is reduced to the patefaction of God in the series of His great redemptive acts, to the exclusion—entire or partial—of revelation by word, which is sometimes represented, indeed, as in the nature of the case impossible."

Etymology

From Latin patefactio, from patefacere (“to open”), from patere (“to lie open”) + facere (“to make”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: patefactio

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

patefactions (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

patefy

Questions

What does patefaction mean?: The act of revealing, disclosing, or manifesting; revelation, opening or declaration.
Where does patefaction come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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