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empyrosis

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek in + to burn.

Noun

empyrosis (plural empyroses)

  1. (obsolete) A general fire; a conflagration.
    • 1677, Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature
      the former Opinion that held these Cataclysms and Empyroses universal

References

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

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ekpyrosis

English

Alternative forms

  • ecpyrosis

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????????? (ekpúr?sis).

Noun

ekpyrosis (plural ekpyroses)

  1. (Stoic philosophy) The supposed periodic destruction of the universe

Related terms

  • ekpyrotic

See also

  • palingenesis (the subsequent recreation)

Anagrams

  • episkyros

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