Hexameron

//hɛkˈsæ.mə.rɔn// noun

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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.

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cosmogony

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"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."

Etymology

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

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