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Exegesis

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Critical explanation or analysis, especially of a text.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. An exposition or explanation of a text, especially a religious one.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. Exposition; explanation; especially, a critical explanation of a text or portion of Scripture.

n. The process of finding the roots of an equation.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The exposition or interpretation of any literary production or passage; more particularly, the exposition or interpretation of Scripture. See exegetical theology, under exegetical.

n. A discourse intended to explain or illustrate a subject; specifically, an exercise in Biblical interpretation sometimes prescribed to students of theology when on examination preliminary to licensure or ordination.

n. In mathematics, in the language of Vieta and other early algebraists, the numerical or geometrical solution of an equation.

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n. an explanation or critical interpretation (especially of the Bible)

Word Usage

"Dick had already written more than a million words of personal notes on this topic, he said, notes he referred to as his "exegesis" - a word that traditionally means an explanation or interpretation of Scripture."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

interpretation

Cross Reference

eisegesis

Variant

exegeses

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

exposition explanation

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

inerrancy argumentation cosmogony philology worldview