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Hexameron
//hɛkˈsæ.mə.rɔn// noun
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Noun
- 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 Alternative letter-case form of hexameron. alt-of
- 3 The narrative in the Book of Genesis describing the events of the hexameron.
- 4 A treatise or sermon concerning the biblical creation story.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἑξαήμερον (hexaḗmeron, “six-day”).
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