inbeing

English

Etymology

From in- + being. Compare Old English onwist (habitation), Dutch aanwezigheid (presence, existence).

Noun

inbeing (countable and uncountable, plural inbeings)

  1. The fact or state of being in; existence in something else.
  2. Inherence; inherent existence; indwelling; immanence.
    • 1746, Isaac Watts, Useful and Important Questions Concerning Jesus the Son of God Freely Proposed: With a Humble Attempt to Answer Them According to Scripture
      This is not spoken concerning the union, the inbeing, or indwelling of any distinct divine nature of Christ
  3. Inward or essential nature; that which a thing is in itself.
  4. (obsolete, applied to the persons of the Trinity) An indwelling being.

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References

inbeing in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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