proseityn.
/prəʊˈsiːᵻti/, U.S. /proʊˈsiᵻdi/ Theology. Now rare.
The quality or condition of something existing for itself, or of having itself for its own end.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > existence > [noun] > independent or self-existence
perseity1588
self-existency1602
absoluteness1605
self-lifea1631
separateness1635
self-existence1643
a-seity1691
self-containment1841
self-being1853
proseity1899
in-itselfness1906
the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > metaphysics > ontology > [noun] > being or entity > that exists by itself > underived or independent existence
suppositality1545
suppositionality1649
a-seity1691
inseity1862
proseity1899
1899 A. E. Garvie Ritschlian Theol. ii. 48 The isolated thing will be thought of as its own cause (aseity) and its own purpose (proseity).
1899 A. E. Garvie Ritschlian Theol. iii. 98 He [sc. Frank] put instead of it [sc. the absolute] the expression being through, in, and for self (aseity, inseity, proseity).
1899 P. T. Forsyth in Speaker 23 Dec. 319/1 He..calls attention to..the proseity of Christ's work, to its nature as an ethical calling in which everything that he did was done for himself as a personality and not in an official capacity.
1968 Jrnl. Relig. 48 292 Ott's insistence..on the proseity of God reflects a desire to say something positive about the being of God.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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