Definition of "inchoation" [in•cho•a•tion]

• A beginning or origin. (noun)

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• "Indeed, this means of life is our life, as to the inchoation of it here below, and its daily growing up unto perfection."
• "Moreover the gifts both perfect us in this life by way of inchoation, and will be fulfilled, as stated above"
• "Each of these visions of God belongs to the gift of understanding; the first, to the gift of understanding in its state of perfection, as possessed in heaven; the second, to the gift of understanding in its state of inchoation, as possessed by wayfarers."