self-perfectionmentn.
/ˌsɛlfpəˈfɛkʃnm(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfpərˈfɛkʃənm(ə)nt/ The action or process of perfecting oneself; self-perfection.
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1853 M. La Touche Clintons I. vii. 148 First, to lay aside every weight, to wage war with sin,..and then to run the race with patience, to build, founded on the rock, the fabric of self-perfectionment.
1913 F. T. Cooper tr. M. Montessori Pedagogical Anthropol. ii. 191 His intelligence..is..the means which still permits him to continue on the road toward self-perfectionment.
2005 E. C. Prophet & A. Booth Mary Magdalene & Divine Feminine vi. 164 The path of self-perfectionment does not mean a flesh-and-blood perfection... The perfectionment we are speaking of is the soul.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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