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Exegesis

Exegesis Meaning & Definition
Exegesis Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Exegesis?

[n] critical interpretation of a text (especially of the Bible)
[n] an explanation or critical interpretation (especially of the Bible)

Synonyms | Synonyms for Exegesis:

Related Terms | Find terms related to Exegesis: allegorization | annotation | apparatus criticus | clarification | comment | commentary | commentation | construction | cracking | decipherment | decoding | demonstration | demythologization | editing | elucidation | emendation | enlightenment | euhemerism | exemplification | explanation | explication | expose | exposition | expounding | footnote | gloss | illumination | illustration | interpretation | light | notation | note | note of explanation | rationale | reason | scholium | simplification | solution | unlocking | word of explanation

See Also | interpretation | interpretation | reading | version

Exegesis In Webster's Dictionary

\Ex`e*ge"sis\, n.; pl. {Exegeses}. [NL., fr.Gr. ?,fr. ? to explain, interpret; ? out + ? to guide, lead, akin, to ? to lead. See {Agent}.] 1. Exposition; explanation; especially, a critical explanation of a text or portion of Scripture. 2. (Math.) The process of finding the roots of an equation. [Obs.]

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