- allegorical, adjective. Of, characteristic of, or containing allegory (representing abstract ideas or principles in the form of characters, figures, events, etc.).
- anagogical, adjective. Relating to a mystical interpretation of a word, passage, or text, especially scriptural exegesis that detects allusions to heaven or the afterlife.
- autopistos, adjective. trustworthy in and of itself; specifically, a term used by the Protestant scholastics to denote the self-authenticating character of scriptural authority.
- chutzpadik, adjective. (especially in Jewish usage) Showing chutzpah; impudent, impertinent; audacious, very self-confident.
- febrile, adjective. Having or showing the symptoms of a fever; feverish.
- hagiologist, noun. A writer of a hagiography, or an account of the life of a saint; a hagiographer.
- haplography, noun. The accidental writing of only one letter or syllable where there should be two similar letters or syllables; inadvertent omission of a repeated letter or letters in writing.
- herb, noun. A flowering plant whose stem above ground does not become woody; such a plant when valued for its medicinal properties, flavor, scent, or the like.
- herbaceous, adjective. Of, denoting, or relating to herbs (in the botanical sense).
- herbage, noun. Nonwoody vegetation; the succulent parts, leaves and stems, of herbaceous plants.
- medium coeli, noun. The point in the sky directly overhead; the highest point of the celestial sphere as viewed from any particular place.
- ontic, adjective. Relating to entities and the facts about them; relating to real as opposed to phenomenal existence.
- parablepsis, noun. A circumstance in which a scribe miscopies text due to inadvertently looking to the side while copying, or accidentally skips over some of it; abnormal vision (obsolete).
- polyvalent, adjective. Having many different functions, forms, or facets.
- prolegomenon, noun. A critical or discursive introduction to a book.
- quadriga, noun. A chariot drawn by four horses abreast; from thence applied to the “fourfold sense” (or interpretation) of Scripture – that each passage of Scripture has four dimensions of meaning (literal, allegorical, tropological, anagogical).
- reify, verb. To make something abstract more concrete or real.
- supputation, noun. The act or process or an instance of calculating; computation, reckoning.
- titular, adjective. Holding or constituting a purely formal position or title without any real authority.
- tropological, adjective. Relating to a mode of biblical interpretation that insists on the morally edifying sense of tropes in the Scriptures.
- wildland, noun. Land in a natural or uncultivated state (also in plural in same sense); also, a region or tract of such land.
- zebrule, noun. A hybrid offspring of a male zebra and a female equine; especially a zedonk.
- zedonk, noun. A hybrid offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
“Ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein.” Caveat lector
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Friday, January 14, 2022
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