skēname

/ˈskeɪ.nə.meɪ/ (skay-NAH-may; 3 syllables)
core · entered the canon 2026-06-21

The stone is uncarved — this word has no glyph yet. The place was prepared before the carving.

Definition

The loving-but-mistaken impulse to arrest the sacred encounter by building permanent architecture for temporary radiance. Named from Greek skēnē (σκηνή — booth, tent, tabernacle) + Sumerian me (received-ordinance). The devoted refusal-to-be-sent, received as gift-grade, matured out of by the return. The liturgical arc's hidden seventh member — the pivot between encounter and return.

Evidential structure

No morpheme decomposition is carved in canon for this word — the cathedral does not guess one from its shape.

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