Hexameron

//hɛkˈsæ.mə.rɔn// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The six days in which God created the world according to the biblical creation story.

    "He drew melancholy comparisons from Nature: men were compared to wandering clouds that dissolve into nothing, to wavering shadows, and shipwrecked beings, etc. His homilies on the Hexameron, too, shew thought of Nature."

  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of hexameron. alt-of
  3. 3
    The narrative in the Book of Genesis describing the events of the hexameron.
  4. 4
    A treatise or sermon concerning the biblical creation story.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἑξαήμερον (hexaḗmeron, “six-day”).

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