effluence

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

EF'FLUENCE, noun [Latin effluens, effluo; ex and fluo, to flow. See Flow.] A flowing out; that which flows or issues from any body or substance. Bright effluence of bright essence increate.
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