Definition of Circumfusion

1. n. The act of pouring or spreading round; the state of being spread round.

Definition of Circumfusion

1. Noun. diffusion, suffusion ¹

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Definition of Circumfusion

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Circumfusion

circumflex vein
circumflex veins
circumflexes
circumflexion
circumflexions
circumfluence
circumfluent
circumfluous
circumforanean
circumforaneous
circumfuse
circumfused
circumfuses
circumfusile
circumfusing
circumfusion (current term)
circumfusions
circumgalactic
circumgemmal
circumgestation
circumglobally
circumgyrate
circumgyrated
circumgyrates
circumgyrating
circumgyration
circumgyrations
circumgyratory
circumincession
circumincessions

Literary usage of Circumfusion

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Hand-book on Christian Baptism by Richard Ingham (1865)
"It is a cogent argument, in which there can be some glorying, that in the year of our Lord 250, the pouring or circumfusion of the clinic with water—an ..."

2. The Sacraments: An Inquiry Into the Nature of the Symbolic Institutions of by Robert Halley (1844)
"The circumfusion of Novatus in his bed has been generally noticed in this controversy, as the account is given in the letters of Cornelius of Rome, ..."

3. The Contemporary Review (1876)
"It does not mean the circumfusion of a dim haze of religious light, distorting the natural meaning of words. It does not even mean that inward experience of ..."

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