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Exegesis

//ɛksɪˈd͡ʒisɪs// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A critical explanation or interpretation of a text, especially a religious text. countable, uncountable

    "Accordingly Athanasius complains loudly of their exegesis (Ep. Æg. 3–4, cf. Orat. i. 8, 52), and insists (id. i. 54, cf. already de Decr. 14) on the primary necessity of always conscientiously studying the circumstances of time and place, the person addressed, the subject matter, and purpose of the writer, in order not to miss the true sense."

  2. 2
    an explanation or critical interpretation (especially of the Bible) wordnet
  3. 3
    An explanatory note; a gloss. countable, uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐξήγησις (exḗgēsis, “interpretation”), from ἐξηγέομαι (exēgéomai, “I explain, interpret”), from ἐξ (ex, “out”) + ἡγέομαι (hēgéomai, “I lead, guide”).

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