envelopmentn.
/ɛnˈvɛləpmənt/ The action of enveloping; the state of being enveloped. concrete. That which envelops; a wrapping, covering. Also figurative.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > [noun] > enfolding or enveloping
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1763 A. Tucker Freewill Pref. (R.) It is become difficult to see any sense at all, through their envelopements.
1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus ii. ii. 36/1 Reverence..springs forth undying from its mean envelopment of Fear.
1842 J. H. Newman Church of Fathers (ed. 2) 34 Various diseases were cured..by the touch of the holy bodies or their envelopments.
1879 F. Rutley Study of Rocks x. 160 Microscopic envelopments of quartz have been met with in chabasite.
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