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Astronism
Figureship
Published: 12th August 2021
Citation: Astronist Institution. (2021). Figureship. Available: https://www.astronism.com/astronary/astrosoteriology/figureship. Last accessed [enter date e.g. 15th Aug 2021].
ˈfɪɡəʃɪp
noun Astrosoteriology
the composition of a person’s stellancy (their degree of proximity to the astronomical world), especially in how this comes to effect their attainment of astrosis and in some schools of thought, determines their experience of transtellation after death.
DERIVATIVES AND ALTERNATIVE PHRASES
Personage | ˈ pəː s(ə)nɪdʒ | noun
ORIGINS AND ETYMOLOGY
Astro-English: from Astronese, the word figure which is used to denote a person or their characteristics conjoined to the suffix -ship denoting a particular status or quality meaning “the unique combination of qualities of an individual.”
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