expository

  • 101ex·pos·i·to·ry — /ıkˈspɑːzəˌtori, Brit ıkˈspɒzətri/ adj chiefly US somewhat formal used to describe writing that is done to explain something expository prose I m taking an expository writing class this semester …

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  • 102MEIRI, MENAHEM BEN SOLOMON — (1249–1316), Provençal scholar and commentator of the Talmud. Meiri was born in Perpignan where he spent his whole life. His family, regarded as one of the most distinguished in Provence, originated from   Carcassonne and Narbonne. Few… …

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  • 103ZOHAR — (Heb. זֹהַר; (The Book of) Splendor ), the central work in the literature of the kabbalah . Introduction In some parts of the book the name Zohar is mentioned as the title of the work. It is also cited by the Spanish kabbalists under other names …

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  • 104Exegetic — Ex e*get ic, Exegetical Ex e*get ic*al, a. [Gr. ?: cf. F.ex[ e]g[ e]tique.] Pertaining to exegesis; tending to unfold or illustrate; explanatory; expository. Walker. {Ex e*get ic*al*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 105Exegetical — Exegetic Ex e*get ic, Exegetical Ex e*get ic*al, a. [Gr. ?: cf. F.ex[ e]g[ e]tique.] Pertaining to exegesis; tending to unfold or illustrate; explanatory; expository. Walker. {Ex e*get ic*al*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 106Exegetically — Exegetic Ex e*get ic, Exegetical Ex e*get ic*al, a. [Gr. ?: cf. F.ex[ e]g[ e]tique.] Pertaining to exegesis; tending to unfold or illustrate; explanatory; expository. Walker. {Ex e*get ic*al*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 107Expositive — Ex*pos i*tive, a. Serving to explain; expository. Bp. Pearson. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 108Text — (t[e^]kst), n. [F. texte, L. textus, texture, structure, context, fr. texere, textum, to weave, construct, compose; cf. Gr. te ktwn carpenter, Skr. taksh to cut, carve, make. Cf. {Context}, {Mantle}, n., {Pretext}, {Tissue}, {Toil} a snare.] 1. A …

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  • 109Text blindness — Text Text (t[e^]kst), n. [F. texte, L. textus, texture, structure, context, fr. texere, textum, to weave, construct, compose; cf. Gr. te ktwn carpenter, Skr. taksh to cut, carve, make. Cf. {Context}, {Mantle}, n., {Pretext}, {Tissue}, {Toil} a… …

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  • 110Text letter — Text Text (t[e^]kst), n. [F. texte, L. textus, texture, structure, context, fr. texere, textum, to weave, construct, compose; cf. Gr. te ktwn carpenter, Skr. taksh to cut, carve, make. Cf. {Context}, {Mantle}, n., {Pretext}, {Tissue}, {Toil} a… …

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