"ex nihilo" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1996, Macy Nulman, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer, page 320",
          "text": "This creation ex nihilo came into being in a manner completely opposed to the ordinary course of natural law.",
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        "Arriving from or out of nothing."
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          "word": "exnihilation"
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      "ipa": "/ˌɛks ˈnaɪ(h)ɪləʊ/"
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      "ipa": "/ˌɛks ˈniː(h)ɪləʊ/"
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  "word": "ex nihilo"
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