exegesis

noun
/ɛksɪˈdʒiːsɪs/UK/ɛksɪˈd͡ʒisɪs/US

Etymology

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

  1. borrowed from ἐξήγησις

Definitions

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

    • As with Deism and Materialism, the German Rationalism invaded the department of Biblical exegesis.
  2. An explanatory note

    An explanatory note; a gloss.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for exegesis. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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