From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Emanation \Em`a*na"tion\, n. [L. emanatio: cf. F. ['e]manation.]
1. The act of flowing or proceeding from a fountain head or
origin. --South.
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Those profitable and excellent emanations from God.
--Jer. Taylor.
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2. That which issues, flows, or proceeds from any object as a
source; efflux; an effluence; as, perfume is an emanation
from a flower.
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An emanation of the indwelling life. --Bryant.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
emanation
n 1: something that is emitted or radiated (as a gas or an odor
or a light, etc.)
2: the act of emitting; causing to flow forth [syn: emission,
emanation]
3: (theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost;
"the emanation of the Holy Spirit"; "the rising of the Holy
Ghost"; "the doctrine of the procession of the Holy Spirit
from the Father and the Son" [syn: emanation, rise,
procession]