spiration

noun

plural -s

1

a

obsolete : the action of breathing as a creative or life-giving function of the Deity

b(1)

: the act by or manner in which the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father or from the Father and the Son

(2)

: the relation subsisting by virtue of this procession

2

obsolete : the action of breathing as a physical function of man and animals

Word History

Etymology

Latin spiration-, spiratio action of breathing, from spiratus (past participle of spirare to breathe) + -ion-, -io -ion

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