Talk:illapse of the Holy Spirit

illapse of the Holy Spirit
As already mentioned at, looking through the uses of both this and the synonym illapse of the Holy Ghost at b.g.c, I think it's SOP: it's just an illapse of the Holy Spirit/Holy Ghost. It refers to the Holy Spirit descending upon Mary to get her pregnant with Jesus, but it also refers to the Holy Spirit descending upon other people at baptism and entering the host at Eucharist, in addition to what happened on the day of Pentecost as described in Acts. I don't think it's a specific enough term to warrant a separate entry. —Aɴɢʀ (talk) 20:11, 18 October 2015 (UTC)


 * @Aɴɢʀ: It's in the NED; see:
 * “Illapse, sb. 1.a” on page 40/2 of § 1 (I) of part ii (I–K) of volume V (H–K; ed. James Augustus Henry Murray; 1901) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (1st ed.)
 * It appears you're right that the definition I gave is overly narrow, however; for that I apologise. — I.S.M.E.T.A. 21:30, 18 October 2015 (UTC)


 * What the NED has is an entry for illapse with "illapse of the Holy Spirit" given as a common collocation. It doesn't have a separate entry for illapse of the Holy Spirit, because it isn't idiomatic. If you know what an illapse is and who the Holy Spirit is, you can easily figure out what an illapse of the Holy Spirit is. —Aɴɢʀ (talk) 09:39, 19 October 2015 (UTC)


 * Delete per Aɴɢʀ, straightforward SOP. bd2412 T 14:02, 19 October 2015 (UTC)


 * Delete for the reasons suggested by the nominator. Just add some citations showing the use of the word in relation to the Holy Spirit. Smuconlaw (talk) 15:58, 19 October 2015 (UTC)

Deleted. bd2412 T 15:48, 28 October 2015 (UTC)

*shrugs* For the record, the definition I had written was: The entry also included the synonym and the Latin translation, both of which are presumably  vis-à-vis idiomatism with. — I.S.M.E.T.A. 21:17, 28 October 2015 (UTC)
 * (theology) A coming of the into the faithful, as on the Day of  in the manner described in Acts 2:1–4.
 * Please feel free to add citations demonstrating these uses to illapse. Cheers! bd2412 T 16:15, 1 November 2015 (UTC)