[kɪˈnəʊsɪs], (Noun)

Definitions:
- (in Christian theology) the renunciation of the divine nature, at least in part, by Christ in the Incarnation


Phrases:

Origin:
late 19th century: from Greek kenōsis ‘an emptying’, from kenoein ‘to empty’, from kenos ‘empty’, with biblical allusion (Phil. 2:7) to Greek heauton ekenōse, literally ‘emptied himself’