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Old Testament

name

Etymology

From Middle English Olde Testament, calqued from Latin Vetus Testāmentum. Old refers to ancientness, not to obsolescence. Equivalent to a retronym, by comparison with the New Testament.

  1. derived from Vetus Testāmentum
  2. inherited from Olde Testament

Definitions

  1. The first major part of the Christian Bible, covering events before the coming of Christ,…

    The first major part of the Christian Bible, covering events before the coming of Christ, corresponding roughly to the Jewish Tanakh. Usually subdivided into the categories of law, history, poetry (or wisdom books), and prophecy.

    • Holonym: Bible
    • The Old Testament says that eating shellfish is a sin.

  2. Reminiscent of the content of the Old Testament, or of the behavior of God in it

    Reminiscent of the content of the Old Testament, or of the behavior of God in it; especially dramatic, violent or vengeful.

    • "Walter is a peaceful man, but I have a feeling that when it comes to you, he could get Old Testament."
    • "So we hate this girl who has information about the slime ball who took pictures of you. The enemy of our enemy. Totally Old Testament. Got it."

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA