writings (noun)

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• Writings — noun plural Etymology: translation of Late Hebrew kĕthūbhīm Date: 14th century the third part of the Jewish scriptures see bible table …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Writings — noun the third of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑Hagiographa, ↑Ketubim • Instance Hypernyms: ↑sacred text, ↑sacred writing, ↑religious writing, ↑religious text …   Useful english dictionary

• Augustinian — [ˌɔ:gə stɪnɪən] adjective relating to St Augustine (354 430) or his doctrines. ↘relating to or denoting a religious order observing a rule derived from St Augustine s writings. noun a member of an Augustinian order. ↘an adherent of the doctrines… …   English new terms dictionary

• Tennysonian — /tɛnəˈsoʊniən/ (say tenuh sohneeuhn) adjective 1. of, relating to, or characteristic of Alfred, Lord Tennyson or his writings. –noun 2. an admirer or imitator of Alfred, Lord Tennyson …  

• writing — noun 1 activity/job of writing ADJECTIVE ▪ effective ▪ The book aims to teach effective essay writing. ▪ creative, descriptive, imaginative ▪ clear …   Collocations dictionary

• literature — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Latin litteratura writing, grammar, learning, from litteratus Date: 14th century 1. archaic literary culture 2. the production of literary work especially as an occupation 3. a. (1) writings …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• form criticism — noun Date: 1928 a method of criticism for determining the sources and historicity of biblical writings through analysis of the writings in terms of ancient literary forms and oral traditions (as love poems, parables, and proverbs) • form critic… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• paleography — noun Etymology: New Latin palaeographia, from Greek palai pale + graphia graphy Date: 1806 1. the study of ancient writings and inscriptions 2. a. an ancient manner of writing b. ancient writings • paleographer noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• source book — noun a collection of historically important documents published together as a book • Hypernyms: ↑reference book, ↑reference, ↑reference work, ↑book of facts * * * noun : a fundamental document or record (as of history, literature, art, or… …   Useful english dictionary

• prayer book — noun a book containing prayers • Syn: ↑prayerbook • Hypernyms: ↑book • Hyponyms: ↑breviary, ↑missal, ↑Psalter, ↑Book of Psalms * * * …   Useful english dictionary

• apocrypha — noun plural but singular or plural in construction Etymology: Medieval Latin, from Late Latin, neuter plural of apocryphus secret, not canonical, from Greek apokryphos obscure, from apokryptein to hide away, from apo + kryptein to hide more at… …   New Collegiate Dictionary