hexameron
noun/hɛkˈsæ.mə.rɔn/US
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἑξαήμερον (hexaḗmeron, “six-day”).
- derived from ἑξαήμερον
Definitions
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.
The narrative in the Book of Genesis describing the events of the hexameron.
A treatise or sermon concerning the biblical creation story.
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Alternative letter-case form of hexameron.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for hexameron. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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