"charism" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: charisms [plural], charismata [plural]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek χάρισμα (khárisma, “grace”). Doublet of charisma. Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|grc|χάρισμα||grace}} Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek χάρισμα (khárisma, “grace”), {{doublet|en|charisma}} Doublet of charisma Head templates: {{en-noun|~|s|charismata}} charism (countable and uncountable, plural charisms or charismata)
  1. (Christianity, theology, rare) A power or authority, generally of a spiritual nature, believed to be a freely given gift by the Grace of God. Tags: countable, rare, uncountable Synonyms: charisma Related terms: Holy Ghost, Holy Spirit, laying on of hands Translations (extraordinary power granted by the Holy Spirit): charisma [neuter] (Dutch), armolahja (Finnish), karisma (Finnish), charisme [masculine] (French), Charisma [neuter] (German), θείο χάρισμα (theío chárisma) [neuter] (Greek), karisma (Indonesian), charyzmat [masculine] (Polish), karìzma [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian)

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