theosis

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Late Latin theōsis, from Koine Greek θέωσις (théōsis). === Pronunciation === enPR: thē-ō′sĭs (UK) IPA(key): /θiːˈəʊ.sɪs/ (US) IPA(key): /θiˈoʊ.sɪs/ Rhymes: -əʊsɪs === Noun === theosis (uncountable) (theology, chiefly Eastern Christianity) (Christianity, theology) The likeness to or union with God; deification. (Eastern Orthodoxy, Eastern Catholicism, mysticism) The process of attaining this state of union with God. ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== === Anagrams === hosties