Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

special creation

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.49 in modern English

Syllables: spe-cial cre-ation
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

In creationism, a theological doctrine which asserts that the origin of the universe and all life in it suddenly sprang into being by unconditional fiat or divine decree.

Uncountable

noun

In Roman Catholicism, the origin of the human soul.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"We do not know how the Creator created, [or] what processes He used, for He used processes which are not now operating anywhere in the natural universe. This is why we refer to creation as special creation. We cannot discover by scientific investigation anything about the creative processes used by the Creator."

Usage

Uncountable

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Religion.

Questions

What does special creation mean?: In creationism, a theological doctrine which asserts that the origin of the universe and all life in it suddenly sprang into being by unconditional fiat or divine decree.

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