pleroma

Pronunciation: /plɪˈɹəʊmə/

The English word “pleroma” has 4 meanings listed here.

noun

A plant of the genus Pleroma.
Synonym of plerome (“the central portion of the apical meristem in a growing plant root or stem which, according to the histogen theory, gives rise to the endodermis and stele”).
A state of perfect fullness, especially of God's being as incarnated in Jesus Christ.

proper noun

Often preceded by the: the spiritual universe seen as the totality of the essence and powers of God.

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin pleroma (“(Gnosticism) spiritual universe seen as the totality of the essence and powers of God”), from Koine Greek πλήρωμᾰ (plḗrōmă, “(biblical) perfect fullness”), Ancient Greek πλήρωμᾰ (plḗrōmă, “that which fills, a complement; a filling up, a completing”), from πληρόω (plēróō, “to make full, fill; to complete, finish”) (from πλήρης (plḗrēs, “complete, full”)…

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