Apocatastasis

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Reëstablishment; full restoration; final restitution. Used specifically to denote—
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  • noun. The doctrine that one day, all free creatures will share in the grace of salvation.
  • noun. Restitution, restoration or reestablishment.
  • noun. Return to a previous condition.
  • noun. Return to the same apparent position, completion of a period of revolution.
  • Word Usage
    "Now, theoretically, it ought to be possible to make sort of a real chili cassoulet slow roasted and annealed in the oven until the beef chunks, red kidney beans, anchos, cumin, salt onion and garlic seem ready for the apocatastasis of posterity."
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