Areopagitic

//ˌɛəɹiəʊpəˈd͡ʒɪtɪk// adj, noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A document connected to the Areopagus, particularly an oration delivered before it.

    "1836 (1810), William Mitford, The History of Greece, Volume VIII, T. Cadell (London), W. Blackwood & Sons (Edinburgh), New Edition, page 60, The Areopagitic carries within itself clear indication of its own date, after the conclusion of peace with the confederates, and before the measures which quickly followed […] ."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to the Areopagus (council of ancient Athens).
  2. 2
    Of or pertaining to the Areopagitic Oration of Dionysius of Halicarnassus (named after but only loosely connected to the Areopagus). Ancient-Rome
  3. 3
    Of or pertaining to the Corpus Areopagiticum of Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite. historical

    "In the concept of pantheism Khidasheli implies the unity of God and the world and not their similarity; he thinks that such an interpretation of pantheism is given in Neoplatonic and Areopagitic writings."

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"In the concept of pantheism Khidasheli implies the unity of God and the world and not their similarity; he thinks that such an interpretation of pantheism is given in Neoplatonic and Areopagitic writings."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Areopagiticus, from Ancient Greek Ἀρεοπᾰγῑτῐκός (Areopăgītĭkós).

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