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† pateˈfaction Obs.
[ad. L. patefactiōn-em, n. of action from patefacĕre to patefy.]
The action of making open, visible, or known; a disclosing, manifestation, revelation, declaration.
1553Bale Vocacyon in Harl. Misc. (Malh.) I. 364 The patefaction of Christe in the gospel. 1633T. Adams Exp. 2 Peter i. 11 The like patefaction was to Peter; he ‘saw heaven opened’. 1659Pearson Creed i. ii. 44 God hath also made frequent patefactions of his Deity. a1703Burkitt On N.T., Acts xiii. 26 By way of patefaction and discovery. 1872F. Hall Recent Exempl. False Philol. 27 And now for—not to shock a clergyman by profanely applying the term revelation,—the new patefaction. |