inbeing

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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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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