exegesis

Etymology
Borrowed from, from , from +.

Noun

 * 1) A critical explanation or interpretation of a text, especially a religious text.
 * 2) * 1885, Alexander Roberts and James Donaldson (original translators and editors), Arthur Cleveland Coxe (editor of American edition), Philip Schaff (also credited as editor), Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers: Series II
 * Accordingly Athanasius complains loudly of their exegesis (Ep. Æg. 3–4, cf. Orat. i. 8, 52), and insists (id. i. 54, cf. already de Decr. 14) on the primary necessity of always conscientiously studying the circumstances of time and place, the person addressed, the subject matter, and purpose of the writer, in order not to miss the true sense.
 * 1) An explanatory note; a gloss.
 * 1) An explanatory note; a gloss.
 * 1) An explanatory note; a gloss.

Translations

 * Arabic: تَفْسِير
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 * Catalan: exegesi
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 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: ekzegezo
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 * Ancient: ἐξήγησις
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 * Interlingua: exegese
 * Italian:, , , ,
 * Japanese: 釈義, 釈義学, 訓詁
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 * Urdu: تفسیر

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1) exegesis
 * 2) exposition