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PRONUNCIATION OF PROSOPON

prosopon  [prɒˈsəʊpɒn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PROSOPON

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Prosopon is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PROSOPON MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Prosopon

Prosopon is a technical term encountered in Greek theology. It is most often translated as "person", and as such is sometimes confused in translation with hypostasis, which is also translated as "person." Prosopon originally meant "face" or "mask" in Greek and derives from Greek theatre, in which actors on a stage wore masks to reveal their character and emotional state to the audience. Both prosopon and hypostasis played central roles in the development of theology about the Trinity and about Jesus Christ in the debates of the fourth through seventh centuries. The term is used for "the self-manifestation of an individual" that can be extended by means of other things. For example, a painter includes his brush within his own prosopon. St. Paul uses the term when speaking of his direct apprehension in the heart of the Face of Christ. Prosopon is the form in which hypostasis appears. Every nature and every hypostasis has its own proper prosopon: face or countenance. It gives expression to the reality of the nature with its powers and characteristics.

Definition of prosopon in the English dictionary

The definition of prosopon in the dictionary is the manifestation of any of the persons of the Trinity. Other definition of prosopon is a person's outward appearance.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PROSOPON


clip-on
ˈklɪpɒn
coupon
ˈkuːpɒn
crepon
ˈkreɪpɒn
croupon
ˈkruːpɒn
dalapon
ˈdæləˌpɒn
gipon
dʒɪˈpɒn
hereupon
ˌhɪərəˈpɒn
ippon
ˈɪpɒn
jupon
ˈʒuːpɒn
metopon
ˈmɛtəˌpɒn
Nippon
ˈnɪpɒn
pompon
ˈpɒmpɒn
put-upon
ˈpʊtəpɒn
snap-on
ˈsnæpɒn
tampon
ˈtæmpɒn
thereupon
ˌðɛərəˈpɒn
upon
əˈpɒn
whereupon
ˌwɛərəˈpɒn
zip-on
ˈzɪpɒn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PROSOPON

prosocial
prosodial
prosodian
prosodic
prosodical
prosodically
prosodist
prosody
prosoma
prosomal
prosomata
prosopagnosia
prosopographer
prosopographical
prosopographically
prosopography
prosopopeia
prosopopeial
prosopopoeia
prosopopoeial

WORDS THAT END LIKE PROSOPON

assault weapon
biological weapon
bioweapon
capon
come upon
crampon
fripon
laser weapon
murder weapon
nuclear weapon
offensive weapon
particle beam weapon
put upon
Ripon
secret weapon
set upon
tarpon
weapon
yapon
yaupon

Synonyms and antonyms of prosopon in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «prosopon» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PROSOPON

Find out the translation of prosopon to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of prosopon from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «prosopon» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

成虫
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

prósopon
570 millions of speakers

English

prosopon
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

prosopon
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

شخص prosopon
280 millions of speakers

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просопон
278 millions of speakers

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prosopon
270 millions of speakers

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prosopon
260 millions of speakers

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prosopon
220 millions of speakers

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Prosopon
190 millions of speakers

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prosopon
180 millions of speakers

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prosopon
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

prosopon으로
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Prosopon
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

prosopon
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

prosopon
75 millions of speakers

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प्रॉस्पेन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

prosopon
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

prosopon
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

personae
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

просопон
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

prosopon
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

prosopon
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

prosopon
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

prosopon
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

prosopon
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of prosopon

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PROSOPON»

The term «prosopon» is normally little used and occupies the 147.633 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PROSOPON» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about prosopon

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PROSOPON»

Discover the use of prosopon in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to prosopon and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Doctrines of God and Christ in the Early Church
In so doing, they were making physis the equivalent of what the Chalcedonian Symbol called a prosopon or hypostasis, and alleged that this "one incarnate nature of God the Word" necessarily implied the two natures. Nestorius was pu22led ...
Everett Ferguson, 1951
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A Journey Through Christian Theology: With Texts from the ...
Nestorius uses the term prosopon to designate the one. He rejects hypostasis, or natural union, because this would mean two ousiai in one ousia, which would be irrational and impossible. This is the error of Cyril. To argue, as Cyril did, that ...
William P. Anderson, 2010
3
The God who May be: A Hermeneutics of Religion
Persona as Prosopon This is what the Greeks— poets and ehureh fathers alike— ealled prosopon. Whenee the English rhetorieal term prosopopoeia, a figure by means of whieh an absent one is represented as speaking or aeting, a sort of ...
Richard Kearney, 2001
4
Christ in Christian Tradition: From the Apostolic Age to ...
Nestorius calls this complex of properties the prosopon. The Liber Heraclidis knows this word in the meaning of 'role,' 'function' (B, in, 279, 284; N, 72, 176, 179 ; DrH, 76, 199, 203) but also as signifying 'human individual' (B, 195, 197, 364; N,  ...
Aloys Grillmeier, 1975
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Masks, Transformation, and Paradox
The difference in these two interpretations rests in what was classically understood by the words hypostasis triprosopos and, more specifically, by the term prosopon itself. The Greek word prosopon was, as was the Latin persona, used to ...
A. David Napier, 1986
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Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy: Volume VI: 1988
Associated with this general difference of attitude between the two discussions is a difference in the interpretation of the notion of living in accordance with one's prosopon. At first, in Epictetus' discourse, it looks as though this notion is being ...
Julia Annas, 1989
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The Faith of the Early Fathers: St. Augustine to the end of ...
2057e [t.3l Certainly I said and I do affirm that the union is in the one prosopon of Christ. 327 I necessarily pointed out that God the Word who is incarnate was also at the same time God the Word in the Manhood. because Christ is incarnate in ...
W. A. Jurgens, 1970
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God after Metaphysics: A Theological Aesthetic
one possesses, namely, a mask. What does it mean to be a prosopon? “Pros” means toward, in front of, and “opos” (the genitive of the noun ὤψ) means a face, and especially an eye (as in our word “optics”). As such, to be a pros-opon means ...
John Panteleimon Manoussakis, 2007
9
A History of Christian Thought: From the beginnings to the ...
The term "prosopon" is used by Nestorius—besides its common uses meaning " function" and "human individual"—in the sense that it has within the context of trinitarian doctrine.14 The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are three prosopa.
Justo L. González, 1987
10
Jesus Christ Today: Studies of Christology in Various ...
Thus, a hypostasis (i)1TooTaoLg') is a physis/ousia shaped by a complete set of properties: an individualised physis. Nestorius calls this set of properties the prosopon (1Tpoou>1Tov). Nestorius gets these distinctions from (1) Stoic logic, and ...
Stuart G. Hall, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PROSOPON»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term prosopon is used in the context of the following news items.
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FSU student's play headed for New York City
A young man named Joshua (Andres Robledo) is only trying to escape torrential rain when he wanders into the shop owned by Mr. Prosopon (Jeff Mandel), ... «Tallahassee.com, Feb 15»
2
"Masks": An Interview with Writer/Director Trevor Durham
TD: Joshua's life was crumbling, until he stepped into Prosopon's store. The man gave him the chance to alter his identity and live a new life… He'd simply wear ... «Uloop News, Feb 15»
3
Russian Orthodox iconographers teach workshop at St. Paul's …
They are both professional iconographers and instructors at the Prosopon School of ... At the Prosopon School, Berestov said, there is a liturgical progression in ... «Durham Herald Sun, Aug 13»
4
Altadena artist teaches icon writers to bring faith to life
John Butler, 15, was the youngest artist at the weeklong Icon Guild of Southern California Prosopon Workshop at St. Mary's Seminary Retreat Center in Santa ... «Altadenablog, Jun 13»
5
Icon Writers Bring Faith to Life at Workshop Exploring the Art of …
John Butler, 15, was the youngest artist at the weeklong Icon Guild of Southern California Prosopon Workshop at St. Mary's Seminary Retreat Center in Santa ... «Noozhawk, Jun 13»
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Exhibition of Sacred Art at Erdman Center Offers Glimpse of …
Prosopon iconographers work in the traditional medium of egg tempera and gold leaf on gessoed wood panels. The work is distinctive for sparkling, painterly ... «Town Topics, Apr 13»
7
Iconology expert teaches in Rosemont
Prosopson is the Greek word for "face." The Prosopon School teaches the practice and theory of the ancient Christian art of icon-writing in the Byzantine-Russian ... «Main Line, Apr 13»
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Barbara Kay: I know your name, it's the face that's a problem
The word prosopon in Greek means “face.” Prosopagnosia, I've learned, is to face-recognition what dyslexia is to word-recognition, afflicting about the same ... «National Post, Jan 12»
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Have we met? Tracing face blindness to its roots
Prosopagnosia, or face blindness, is a term derived from the Greek words Prosopon meaning face and Agnosia meaning the lack of knowledge. Although cases ... «Trinidad Guardian, Jan 12»
10
Iconography adds new dimension to faith
A convert to Orthodox Christianity two decades ago, de Shazer, 53, devoted her life to creating icons when she enrolled at the New York-based Prosopon ... «Chicago Tribune, Mar 10»

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