What does hexameron mean?
Hexameron means (theology) The six days in which God created the world according to the biblical creation story..
Hexameron
/hɛkˈsæ.mə.rɔn/ · noun
Meaning
(theology) The six days in which God created the world according to the biblical creation story..
Definitions by Sense
- (theology) The six days in which God created the world according to the biblical creation story.
- (theology) The narrative in the Book of Genesis describing the events of the hexameron.
- (literature) A treatise or sermon concerning the biblical creation story.
Example Sentences
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.
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Word Forms
- hexamerons
- Hexameron
- hexæmeron
- hexaëmeron
- hexaemeron
- hexahemeron
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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.
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