the act of flowing or proceeding from some source or origin. Such is the emanation of light from the sun; or that of effluvia from odorous bodies; or wisdom from God, &c.—The word is formed of the Latin *ex*, "out of," and *manere*, "to flow or stream."

Emancipation is also used for the thing that proceeds, as well as the act of proceeding. The power given a judge is an emanation from the regal power; the reasonable soul is an emanation from the Divinity.